Ethnic Group Affiliation and Patterns of Development of a Phonological Variable

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-204

  Gatbonton, Elizabeth ^a   Trofimovich, Pavel ^a   Segalowitz, Norman ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 79959340982     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2011.01177.x     Document Type: Article

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