Why tongan does it differently: Categorial distinctions in a language without nouns and verbs

Linguistic Typology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-165

  Broschart, Jürgen ^a  

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Author keywords

Noun; Predication; Reference; Tongan; Verb; Word classes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038887155     PISSN: 14300532     EISSN: 1613415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/lity.1997.1.2.123     Document Type: Article

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