A spectrographic analysis of vowel fronting in bradford english

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Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 269-303

  Watt, Dominic ^a   Tillotson, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989380200     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.22.2.05wat     Document Type: Article

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