Hitting a moving target: Acquisition of sound change in progress by Philadelphia children

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-266

  Roberts, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 85007949059     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394500001897     Document Type: Article

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