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Tag Archives: Valleyspeak
The HRT a new usage problem?
Is the so-called High Rise Terminal, HRT for short and also called Upspeak, developing into a new usage problem? Robert Ilson, in an article in The English Language Today (1985), mentions three criteria that define linguistic features as potential usage … Continue reading
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Tagged HighRising Terminal, HRT, Ian McEwan, NRC, Pia de Jong, Valleyspeak
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