Emergent patterns in the vowels of Singapore english

English World-Wide

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-197

  Deterding, David ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

English; Singapore English; Vowel quality; Vowels

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750100277     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.26.2.04det     Document Type: Article

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