The effect of proximity in perceptual dialectology

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 638-668

  Montgomery, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialect areas; Folk linguistics; Language variation; Perceptual dialectology; Proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871682041     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josl.12003     Document Type: Article

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