Editing the Salem witchcraft records: An exploration of a linguistic treasury

American Speech

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Grund, Peter ^a   Kytö, Merja ^a   Rissanen, Matti ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 3042770837     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-79-2-146     Document Type: Review

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