Numeral classifiers and counting systems in Polynesian and Micronesian languages: Common roots and cultural adaptations

Oceanic Linguistics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 380-403

  Bender, Andrea ^a   Beller, Sieghard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 33846880643     PISSN: 00298115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ol.2007.0000     Document Type: Article

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