Accents and Dialects: Creating a National Professional Statement

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 78-86

  Montgomery, Judy K ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accents; Dialects; Policy on English

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033413936     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-199908000-00010     Document Type: Article

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