Genetics, historical linguistics and language variation

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 264-288

  McMahon, April ^a   McMahon, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56849105363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818x.2008.00052.x     Document Type: Review

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