Convergence and contact in Milwaukee: Evidence from select African American and White vowel space features

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 408-427

  Purnell, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Convergence; Ethnicity; Phonetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449602551     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X09342069     Document Type: Article

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