Productive reduplication in a fundamentally monosyllabic language

Language Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 325-342

  Wilbur, Ronnie B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect; Event structure; Feature geometry; Phonology; Reduplication; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449145432     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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