Mergers, near-mergers and phonological interpretation

Hickey, Raymond

doi:10.1075/cilt.252.10hic

In:New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics: Selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21–26 August 2002
Edited by Christian Kay, Carole Hough and Irené Wotherspoon
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 252] 2004
► pp. 125–137

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Mergers, near-mergers and phonological interpretation

Raymond Hickey | Essen University

Published online: 24 June 2004

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