On the reversibility of mergers: /W/, /V/ and evidence from lesser-known Englishes

Folia Linguistica Historica

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 23-45

  Trudgill, Peter ^d   Schreier, Daniel ^a   Long, Daniel ^b   Williams, Jeffrey P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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