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dispute
in
Do You Speak American?
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Of course, we are not going to resolve this dispute, but there is one interesting footnote.†
Chpt 1
Noting that databases can now be searched for texts hundreds of years old, writer John Rosen thai believes computers are giving descriptivists an advantage: For years when it came to settling language disputes, the pre-scriptivists have held the upper hand.†
Chpt 1 *
There is still a dispute, too specialized for nonlinguists like us, over whether the Creole theory of black linguistic development means there is a deeply embedded structure in black language or whether, in Cukor-Avila's words, "factors such as education, age, and social class were also significant in determining linguistic choices.†
Chpt 6

Definitions:

(1) (dispute as in: their border dispute)
disagreement, argument, or conflict
(2) (dispute as in: She disputes his claim.)
challenge, argue about, or fight over
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)