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Part One - What Is a Language?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2022

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The Cambridge Handbook of Romance Linguistics , pp. 95 - 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • What Is a Language?
  • Edited by Adam Ledgeway, University of Cambridge, Martin Maiden, University of Oxford
  • Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Romance Linguistics
  • Online publication: 23 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108580410.002
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  • Edited by Adam Ledgeway, University of Cambridge, Martin Maiden, University of Oxford
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108580410.002
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  • Edited by Adam Ledgeway, University of Cambridge, Martin Maiden, University of Oxford
  • Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Romance Linguistics
  • Online publication: 23 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108580410.002
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