Complexities with restricted numeral systems

Linguistic Typology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-429

  Donohue, Mark ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kanum; New Guinea; Number systems; Numerals

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149401087     PISSN: 14300532     EISSN: 1613415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LITY.2008.043     Document Type: Review

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