A Bird'S-Eye View of Open Syllable Lengthening in English and in the Other Germanic Languages

Liberman, Anatoly

doi:10.1075/nowele.20.06lib

Article published In: NOWELE Volume 20 (September 1992)
[NOWELE 20] 1992
► pp. 67–87

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A Bird'S-Eye View of Open Syllable Lengthening in English and in the Other Germanic Languages

Anatoly Liberman

Published online: 1 September 1992

https://doi.org/10.1075/nowele.20.06lib

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