Root merger in Chinese compounds

Studia Linguistica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-184

  Zhang, Niina Ning ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 34547142190     PISSN: 00393193     EISSN: 14679582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9582.2007.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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