The language of lapita: Vanuatu and an early papuan presence in the pacific

Oceanic Linguistics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 433-444

  Donohue, Mark ^a   Denham, Tim ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 67650039339     PISSN: 00298115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ol.0.0021     Document Type: Article

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