The chicken or the egg? A probabilistic analysis of english binomials

Language

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-278

  Benor, Sarah Bunin ^a   Levy, Roger ^b  

^a Jewish Institute of Religion   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33751116352     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2006.0077     Document Type: Article

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