Typology and the linguistic macrohistory of Island Melanesia

Oceanic Linguistics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 348-387

  Donohue, Mark ^a   Musgrave, Simon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 38949189987     PISSN: 00298115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ol.2008.0011     Document Type: Article

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