The Phonology of the Lost Cause: The English of the Confederados in Brazil

Montgomery, Michael; Melo, Cecil Ataide

doi:10.1075/eww.11.2.03mon

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Vol. 11:2 (1990) ► pp.195–216

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The Phonology of the Lost Cause

The English of the Confederados in Brazil

Michael Montgomery | Dept. of English, University of South California, Columbia, S.C. 29208, USA

Cecil Ataide Melo | Dept. of English, University of South California, Columbia, S.C. 29208, USA

Published online: 1 January 1990

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.11.2.03mon

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