Intonation units and grammatical structure in wardaman and in cross-linguistic perspective

Australian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-39

  Croft, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 85044889956     PISSN: 07268602     EISSN: 14692996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07268600601172934     Document Type: Article

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