Measuring rates of word-final nasal velarization: The effect of dialect contact on in-group and out-group exchanges

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 583-612

  Hernández, José Esteban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Dialect contact; Dialect leveling; Nasal velarization; Salvadoran Spanish; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649113113     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2009.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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