Conceptions of categorization in the history of linguistics

Language Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-385

  Aarts, Bas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History of linguistics; Linguistic categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646454719     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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