Sixty years of bilingualism affects the pronunciation of Latvian vowels

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-177

  Bond, Z S ^a   Stockmal, Verna ^a   Markus, Dace ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

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EID: 33645740563     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095439450606008X     Document Type: Article

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