Simple combinatorial considerations challenge Ruhlen's mother tongue theory

The Syllable in Speech Production

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 63-92

  Boë, Louis Jean ^a,b   Bessière, Pierre ^c   Ladjili, Nadia ^a,b   Audibert, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c Informatique Graphique Vision Robotique (GRAVIR)   (France)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203837894     Document Type: Chapter

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