Uniformity and discontinuity: Toward a characterization of speech communities

Linguistics

Volumn 37, Issue 362, 1999, Pages 663-698

  Owens, Jonathan ^a  

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EID: 0040813179     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.37.4.663     Document Type: Article

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