Some Principles on the Use of Macro-Areas in Typological Comparison

Language Dynamics and Change

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 167-187

  Hammarström, Harald ^a   Donohue, Mark ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

areality; linguistic area; macro areas; typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948747373     PISSN: 22105824     EISSN: 22105832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22105832-00401001     Document Type: Article

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