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30 - Greater Awyu Languages of West Papua in Typological Perspective

from Part III - Typological Profiles of Linguistic Areas and Language Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

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Lourens de Vries
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Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald  and
R. M. W. Dixon
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Affiliation:
James Cook University, North Queensland
R. M. W. Dixon
Affiliation:
James Cook University, North Queensland
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The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Typology , pp. 942 - 966
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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