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12 - A Typology of Noun Categorization Devices

from Part II - Typology of Grammatical Categories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
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James Cook University, North Queensland
R. M. W. Dixon
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James Cook University, North Queensland
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