To what extent are surnames words? Comparing geographic patterns of surname and dialect variation in the Netherlands

Literary and Linguistic Computing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-527

  Manni, Franz ^a   Heeringa, Wilbert ^b   Nerbonne, John ^b  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34047207859     PISSN: 02681145     EISSN: 14774615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/llc/fql040     Document Type: Review

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