Mergers in the mountains: West Virginia division and unification

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Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-221

  Hazen, Kirk ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American English; Dialectology; Midland English; Variation; Vowel

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248712219     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.26.2.05haz     Document Type: Article

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