On the status of low back vowels in Kentucky English: More evidence of merger

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-180

  Irons, Terry Lynn ^a  

^a Morehead State University   (United States)

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EID: 34548615502     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394507070056     Document Type: Article

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