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Examining the farming/language dispersal hypothesis. Ed. by Peter Bellwood and Renfrew Colin. Cambridge: McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research, 2002. Pp. xiv, 505. ISBN 1902937201. $85 (Hb).

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Malcolm Ross
Malcolm Ross*
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The Australian National University
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Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Building No. 9, The Australian National University, Canberra A.C.T. 0200, [Malcolm.Ross@anu.edu.au]
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Language , Volume 82 , Issue 3 , September 2006 , pp. 628 - 648
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Copyright © 2006 Linguistic Society of America

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