Variability in American English s-retraction suggests a solution to the actuation problem

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-374

  Baker, Adam ^a   Archangeli, Diana ^b   Mielke, Jeff ^c  

^a Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   (Afghanistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84555188276     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394511000135     Document Type: Article

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