Correlates of Language Change in Hunter-Gatherer and Other 'Small' Languages

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 665-679

  Bowern, Claire ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957111576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2010.00220.x     Document Type: Review

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