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Wiebke H. Ahlers, Consonantal sound change in American English: An analysis of clustered sibilants (Studies in English Language). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xii + 233. ISBN 9781316512722.

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Wiebke H. Ahlers, Consonantal sound change in American English: An analysis of clustered sibilants (Studies in English Language). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xii + 233. ISBN 9781316512722.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2024

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