Exploring the roots of appalachian english

English World-Wide

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 227-278

  Montgomery, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1075/eww.10.2.03mon     Document Type: Article

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