Ditransitive alignment splits and inverse alignment

Functions of Language

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-102

  Haspelmath, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 43249134767     PISSN: 0929998X     EISSN: 15699765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/fol.14.1.06has     Document Type: Article

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