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10 - The word in Modern Greek

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Brian D. Joseph
Affiliation:
Dept of Linguistics, Ohio State University, 222 Oxley Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
R. M. W. Dixon
Affiliation:
La Trobe University, Victoria
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Affiliation:
La Trobe University, Victoria
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A Cross-linguistic Typology
, pp. 243 - 265
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2003

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