Distributional foundations for a theory of language change

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Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-401

  Kretzschmar, William A ^a   Tamasi, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 34248696894     PISSN: 08832919     EISSN: 1467971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-971X.2003.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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