Spanish subject personal pronoun use in New York City Puerto Ricans: Can we rest the case of English contact?

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-73

  Flores Ferrán, Nydia ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248702582     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394504161048     Document Type: Article

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