Language in isolation, and its implications for variation and change

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 682-699

  Schreier, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 63149152733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2009.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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