THE ELEMENTS 0F QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS KYLE GORMAN …
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CHAPTER 11 KYLE GORMAN AND DANIEL EZRA IOHNSON A sociolinguistwho hasgatheredso much datathat it hasbecomedifficult to make senseof the raw observationsmay turn …
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