From Somerset to Samaná: Preverbal did in the voyage of English

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-126

  Jones, Megan ^a   Tagliamonte, Sali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 85010097416     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394504162029     Document Type: Article

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