Conservation and innovation in a traditional dialect: L.vocalization in Glaswegian

English World-Wide

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-87

  Stuart Smith, Jane ^a   Timmins, Claire ^a   Tweedie, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Edinburghn   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialect conservation; Glasgow dialect; L vocalization; Linguistic innovation; Scots

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247360935     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.27.1.05stu     Document Type: Article

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