Alignment change in Iranian languages: A construction grammar approach

Alignment Change in Iranian Languages: A Construction Grammar Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-366

  Haig, Geoffrey L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Construction grammar; Iranian; Kurdish

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EID: 79953886627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110198614     Document Type: Book

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