Coevolution of phonology and the lexicon in twelve languages of West Africa

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 240-245

  Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041386856     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296179808590132     Document Type: Article

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