Examining Teacher Perceptions of the Appalachian Dialect in One Rural Appalachian Elementary School
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عنوان ژورنال: The Rural Educator
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2643-9662,0273-446X
DOI: 10.35608/ruraled.v35i2.350