Yorkshire English Two Hundred Years Ago

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 346-362

  Giner, María F García Bermejo ^a   Montgomery, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1177/00754240122005486     Document Type: Article

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