Typology in the 21st century: Major current developments

Linguistic Typology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 239-251

  Bickel, Balthasar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 51249146083     PISSN: 14300532     EISSN: 1613415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LINGTY.2007.018     Document Type: Review

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