Why can't we talk to each other?

Lingua

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 235-255

  Haspelmath, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0042912131     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3841(99)00039-x     Document Type: Article

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