Growing a numeral system: The historical development of numerals in an Amazonian language family

Diachronica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-288

  Epps, Patience ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b 1 University Station B5100 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Grammaticalization; Hup; Language contact; Nadahup Mak ; Numerals; Tukanoan; Vaupes region

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846508074     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.23.2.03epp     Document Type: Article

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