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Bradley, D. (1986), 'The Yi Nationality of Southwestern China: A Linguistic Overview', in C.N. Li (ed.), Symposium on the Histories, Cultures and Languages of the Minority Nationalities of China.

Clyne, M.G. (ed.) (1981), Foreigner Talk, International Journal of Sociolinguistics, 28.

Dixon, R.M.W. (1972), The Dyirbal Language of North Queensland, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Dorian, N.C. (1981), Language Death: The Life Cycle of a Scottish Gaelic Dialect, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press.

Edwards, J. (1985), Language, Society and Identity Oxford, Basil Blackwell.

Fasold, R. (1984), The Sociolinguistics of Society, Oxford, Basil Blackwell.

Hancock, I.F. (1977), 'Appendix: Repertory of Pidgin and Creole Languages' , in A. Valdman (ed.), Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 362-91.

Hudson, R.A. (1980), Sociolinguistics, Cambridge , Cambridge University Press.

Labov, W. (1982), 'Objectivity and Commitment in Linguistic Science: The Case of the Black English Trial in Ann Arbor', Language in Society, 11, 165-201.

Platt, J.T. and H. Weber (1980), English in Singapore and Malaysia: Status: Features: Functions, Singapore, Oxford University Press.

Reinecke, J.E. (1971), 'Tây Bôi: Notes on the Pidgin French Spoken in Vietnam', in D. Hymes (ed.), Pidginization and Creolization of Languages, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 47-56.

Romaine, S. (ed.) (1982), Sociolinguistic Variation in Speech Communities, London, Edward Arnold.

Sankoff, G. (1980), The Social Life of Language, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press.

Todd, L. (1984), Modern Englishes: Pidgins and Creoles, Oxford, Basil Blackwell.