Vowel change across three age groups of speakers in three regional varieties of American English

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 683-693

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

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 80053956098     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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