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Explaining language universals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Frederick J. Newmeyer
Frederick J. Newmeyer
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Department of Linguistics, University of Washington
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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 203 - 222
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