Trisyllabic shortening in English: Past and present

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-267

  Lahiri, Aditi ^a   Fikkert, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 0040162131     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674399000234     Document Type: Article

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