Language contact and new dialect formation: Evidence from German in North America

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 705-717

  Nützel, Daniel ^a   Salmons, Joseph ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 80053914004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2011.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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