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Covariation & salience in linguistic contact: a sociophonetic study of liquid variation in Boston Spanish

Lee-Ann Vidal Covas
Lee-Ann Vidal Covas
Date
May 7, 2025
Event
Dissertation Defense
Location

Boston, MA, USA

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Last updated on May 5, 2026
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Lee-Ann Vidal Covas (she/her)
Language Scientist (PhD, Boston University) with expertise in sociolinguistic research, dataset curation, and applied data science.
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