Lexicostatistics away from the armchair: Handling people, props and problems

Transactions of the Philological Society

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-242

  Slaska, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248715489     PISSN: 00791636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-968X.2005.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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