Phonetic variation in the traditional english dialects: A computational analysis

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-102

  Shackleton Jr , Robert G ^a  

^a Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational linguistics; Dialectometry; English dialect

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249135240     PISSN: 00754242     EISSN: 15525457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0075424206297857     Document Type: Article

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