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ERIC Number: EJ527837
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0954-3945
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Sonority and Syllable Structure in Chicano English.
Santa Ana, A. Otto
Language Variation and Change, v8 n1 p63-89 1996
Three analyses of /-t,d/ deletion are undertaken to investigate whether convergence with the matrix regional dialect has taken place in Los Angeles Chicano English. Two superficial analyses mistakenly find convergence. A third emic multivariate analysis finds no phonological convergence. (33 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, English, Matrices, Mexican Americans, Models, Multivariate Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Spanish Speaking, Stress (Phonology), Syllables
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)
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