"Dahntahn" Pittsburgh: Monophthongal /aw/ and representations of localness in Southwestern Pennsylvania

American Speech

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 148-166

  Johnstone, Barbara ^a   Bhasin, Neeta ^a   Wittkofski, Denise ^a  

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EID: 0038893689     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-77-2-148     Document Type: Review

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