From phonetic similarity to dialect classification: A principled approach

Perspectives on Variation: Sociolinguistic, Historical, Comparative

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 43-91

  Heggarty, Paul ^a   McMahon, April ^a   McMahon, Robert ^a  

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