The Prehistory and Internal Relationships of Australian Languages

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-32

  McConvell, Patrick ^a   Bowern, Claire ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951859348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2010.00257.x     Document Type: Review

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