On the question of linguistic universals

Linguistic Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-34

  Van Der Hulst, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 44949211239     PISSN: 01676318     EISSN: 16133676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TLIR.2008.001     Document Type: Review

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