Cross-generational vowel change in American English

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-86

  Jacewicz, Ewa ^a   Fox, Robert Allen ^a   Salmons, Joseph ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 79959296188     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394510000219     Document Type: Article

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