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The syntax of Native American languages. Edited by Eung-Do Cook and Donna B. Gerdts (Syntax and semantics, 16.) New York: Academic Press, 1984. Pp. xiii, 324. $59.00.

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The syntax of Native American languages. Edited by Eung-Do Cook and Donna B. Gerdts (Syntax and semantics, 16.) New York: Academic Press, 1984. Pp. xiii, 324. $59.00.

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Robert D. Van Valin Jr.
Robert D. Van Valin Jr.*
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University of California, Davis
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Language , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , March 1986 , pp. 178 - 183
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Copyright © 1986 by Linguistic Society of America

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