Typology and linguistic theory in the past decade: A personal view

Linguistic Typology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-91

  Croft, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 51249145314     PISSN: 14300532     EISSN: 1613415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LINGTY.2007.007     Document Type: Review

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