'Capturing a sound change': a real time study over 15 years of the near/square diphthong merger in New Zealand English

Australian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-238

  Gordon, Elizabeth ^a   Maclagan, Margaret ^a  

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EID: 84937332638     PISSN: 07268602     EISSN: 14692996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07268600120080578     Document Type: Article

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