Global and local durational properties in three varieties of South African English

Linguistic Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 263-289

  Coetzee, Andries W ^a   Wissing, Daan P ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 34548007953     PISSN: 01676318     EISSN: 16133676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TLR.2007.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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