A rural/metropolitan split in the speech of Texas Anglos

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-332

  Thomas, Erik R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007966748     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394500001940     Document Type: Article

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