Learning about different ways of expressing number in the development of Palestinian arabic

First Language

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-63

  Ravid, Dorit ^a   Hayek, Lubna ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 34248697925     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723703023001003     Document Type: Article

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