Reversing "drift": Innovation and diffusion in the London diphthong system

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 451-491

  Kerswill, Paul ^a   Torgersen, Eivind Nessa ^a   Fox, Susan ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56049102120     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394508000148     Document Type: Article

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