US English and Pragmatic Norms

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US English and Pragmatic Norms. / Barron, Anne.
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes. ed. / Kingsley Bolton. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2025.

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Harvard

Barron, A 2025, US English and Pragmatic Norms. in K Bolton (ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Hoboken. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119518297.eowe00154

APA

Barron, A. (2025). US English and Pragmatic Norms. In K. Bolton (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119518297.eowe00154

Vancouver

Barron A. US English and Pragmatic Norms. In Bolton K, editor, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2025 doi: 10.1002/9781119518297.eowe00154

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