A critique of the separation base method for genealogical subgrouping, with data from mixe-zoquean

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 225-264

  Cysouw, Michael ^a   Wichmann, Søren ^a   Kamholz, David ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 38949212248     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09296170600850759     Document Type: Article

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