Creativity in the use of gender agreement in Mawng how the discourse functions of a gender system can approach those of a classifier system

Studies in Language

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 382-416

  Singer, Ruth ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77955740516     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.34.2.06sin     Document Type: Article

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