When can a language have nouns and verbs?

Acta Linguistica Hafniensia

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-38

  Rijkhoff, Jan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 33751541854     PISSN: 03740463     EISSN: 19490763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03740463.2003.10416072     Document Type: Article

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