Making sense of variation: Pleasantness and education ratings of Southern vowel variants

American Speech

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-387

  Fridland, Valerie ^a   Bartlett, Kathryn ^a   Kreuz, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 30844440946     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-80-4-366     Document Type: Review

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