Deepening or lessening the divide between diphthongs: An analysis of the queen’s annual christmas broadcasts

A Figure of Speech: A Festschrift for John Laver

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 227-262

  Harrington, Jonathan ^a   Palethorpe, Sallyanne ^b   Watson, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410611888     Document Type: Chapter

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