Evidence and Implications: Distinctive vowel length in Old French

Gess, Randall

doi:10.1075/cilt.215.11ges

In:Historical Linguistics 1999: Selected papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, 9–13 August 1999
Edited by Laurel J. Brinton
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 215] 2001
► pp. 145–156

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Distinctive vowel length in Old French

Evidence and Implications

Randall Gess | University of Utah

Published online: 9 August 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.215.11ges

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