Non-arguments about non-universals

Linguistic Typology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 483-495

  Longobardi, Giuseppe ^a   Roberts, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b DOWNING COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84858659543     PISSN: 14300532     EISSN: 1613415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LITY.2011.032     Document Type: Article

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