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What’s the Use of Linguistics? Pre-Service English Teachers’ Beliefs towards Language Use and Variation

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Attardo, S., Brown, S. (2005). What’s the Use of Linguistics? Pre-Service English Teachers’ Beliefs towards Language Use and Variation. In: Bartels, N. (eds) Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education. Educational Linguistics, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2954-3_6

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