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Peer reviewedSanta Ana, A. Otto – Language Variation and Change, 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
