Linguistic change in endangered dialects: The case of alternation between e1avoir/e1 and être/e1 in Vermont French

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-85

  Russo, Marijke ^a   Roberts, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 85007979410     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394599111049     Document Type: Article

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