Phonological diversity, word length, and population sizes across languages: The ASJP evidence

Linguistic Typology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-197

  Wichmann, Søren ^a   Rama, Taraka ^b   Holman, Eric W ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84857501448     PISSN: 14300532     EISSN: 1613415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LITY.2011.013     Document Type: Article

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