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Usage-based and Typological Approaches to Linguistic Units
Edited by Tsuyoshi Ono, Ritva Laury and Ryoko Suzuki
[Benjamins Current Topics 114] 2021
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On the notion of unit in the study of human languages

| University of Alberta
ORCID logo | University of Helsinki
| Keio University
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1The notion of unit in linguistics
    • 1.2Unit in individual languages
    • 1.3Cross-linguistic perspective and functional motivation
    • 1.4Units and criteria to identify them in interactional linguistics
  • 2.Short summary of papers
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 21 April 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.114.01ono
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