MORE ON OLD ENGLISH PROSODY: MORAIC OR SYLLABIC?
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عنوان ژورنال: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0918-3701,1884-3107
DOI: 10.9793/elsj1984.9.284