The emerging field of language dynamics

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-455

  Wichmann, Søren ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 55949099998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2008.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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