Optimality Theory and Natural Morphology: An Analysis of German Plural Formation

Folia Linguistica

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 333-354

  Elgersma, Diana ^a   Houseman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84873104067     PISSN: 01654004     EISSN: 16147308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/flin.1999.33.3-4.333     Document Type: Article

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