On "Eskimo words for snow": The life cycle of a linguistic misconception

Historiographia Linguistica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-377

  Cichocki, Piotr ^a   Kilarski, Marcin ^b  

^a Western Institute   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 78649403987     PISSN: 03025160     EISSN: 15699781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/hl.37.3.03cic     Document Type: Article

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