A longitudinal analysis of the durability of the northern-Midland dialect boundary in Ohio

American Speech

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-430

  Thomas, Erik R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79955409372     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: 15272133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-2010-022     Document Type: Article

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