The social and linguistic conditioning of back vowel fronting across ethnic groups in Memphis, Tennessee

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Fridland, Valerie ^a   Bartlett, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 33846483147     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674305001681     Document Type: Article

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