Vol. 36 No. 3 (1988)
Research Article

Sly Slurs: Mispronunciation and Decapitalization of Group Names

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  • Irving Lewis Allen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1988.36.3-4.217

Published 1988-12-01

Copyright (c) 1988 Maney

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