Low back vowel merger in Missouri speech: Acoustic description and explanation

American Speech

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-179

  Majors, Tivoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 23744508339     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-80-2-165     Document Type: Review

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