Prosodic rhythm and African American English

English World-Wide

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-355

  Thomas, Erik R ^a   Carter, Phillip M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aae; African American English; Diachronic change; Prosodic rhythm; Prosodic variation; Southern English; Stress timing; Suprasegmental variation; Syllable timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249165546     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.27.3.06tho     Document Type: Article

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