Shetland Scots as a new dialect: Phonetic and phonological considerations

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-501

  Knooihuizen, Remco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951713276     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674309990207     Document Type: Article

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