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In:Approaches to Interlinguistics and Esperanto Studies
Edited by Ilona Koutny and Nicolau A. Dols Salas
[Studies in World Language Problems 12] 2027
► pp. 94–104

Chapter 6
Natural and artificial in language

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Article outline
  • Natural and artificial
  • Historical perspectives
  • Newer perspectives
  • Analytical precision
  • Conclusion
  • Author queries
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
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