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Chapter 16 - Canadian Raising in Newfoundland?

Insights from Early Vernacular Recordings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

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Sandra Clarke ,
Paul De Decker  and
Gerard Van Herk
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Raymond Hickey
Raymond Hickey
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Universität Duisburg–Essen
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Listening to the Past
Audio Records of Accents of English
 , pp. 395 - 413
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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