Phonetic parallels between the close-mid vowels of Tyneside English: Are they internally or externally motivated?

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-101

  Watt, Dominic J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937324984     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394500121040     Document Type: Article

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