"There is little scientific data on the point, but evidently people do speak to themselves."
— David Crystal

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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David Crystal, "Refining stylistic discourse categories," In: G. Melchers & B. Warren (eds), English linguistics in honour of Magnus Ljung (Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1994), 35–46