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Identity formation and accommodation: Sequential and simultaneous relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2008

DONALD N. TUTEN
DONALD N. TUTEN
Affiliation:
Department of Spanish and Portuguese / Program in Linguistics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, USA, [email protected]
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Trudgill argues cogently against identity and in favor of automaticity as the primary basis for accommodation in koine formation. I agree with the general thrust of his arguments, and below offer qualifications and evidence that support them, but I also present caveats and alternative views, particularly with regard to the ordering relations between identity (or identity formation) and accommodation.

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Language in Society , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 259 - 262
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© 2008 Cambridge University Press

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