The expression of person and number: A typologist's perspective

Morphology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 419-443

  Cysouw, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis; Cross linguistic; Evidence; Number; Person; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955466410     PISSN: 18715621     EISSN: 18715656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11525-010-9170-5     Document Type: Article

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