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Paul Newman (ed.) (2017). Syllable weight in African languages. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 338.) Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Pp. x + 219.

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Paul Newman (ed.) (2017). Syllable weight in African languages. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 338.) Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Pp. x + 219.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2020

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Laura McPherson*
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*E-mail: laura.e.mcpherson@dartmouth.edu.
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Phonology , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , May 2020 , pp. 329 - 333
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