The origins of consonant-vowel metathesis

Language

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 508-556

  Blevins, Juliette ^a   Garrett, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037656023     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.1998.0012     Document Type: Article

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