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Competing Models of Linguistic Change: Evolution and beyondEdited by Ole Nedergaard Thomsen
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 279] 2006
► pp. 43–58
Edited by Ole Nedergaard Thomsen
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 279] 2006
► pp. 43–58
Quantifying the functional load of phonemic oppositions, distinctive features, and suprasegmentals
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