The regularisation of the hiatus resolution system in British English: A contact-induced 'vernacular universal'?

Vernacular Universals and Language Contacts: Evidence from Varieties of English and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 177-205

  Britain, David ^a   Fox, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203883426     Document Type: Chapter

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