Statistical reasoning in the evaluation of typological diversity in Island Melanesia

Oceanic Linguistics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 388-403

  Dunn, Michael ^a,b   Foley, Robert ^c   Levinson, Stephen ^b   Reesink, Ger ^a   Terrill, Angela ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38949188598     PISSN: 00298115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ol.2008.0016     Document Type: Article

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