What counts as evidence in historical linguistics?

Studies in Language

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 710-740

  Fischer, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34248716020     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.28.3.21fis     Document Type: Article

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