The past, present, and future of English dialects: Quantifying convergence, divergence, and dynamic equilibrium

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-104

  Maguire, Warren ^a   Mcmahon, April ^a   Heggarty, Paul ^b   Dediu, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77954478291     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394510000013     Document Type: Article

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