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Explaining language universals
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Metadata
- Authors
- Newmeyer, F. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Linguistics
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1990-03
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 203-222
- ISSN
- 0022-2267 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7742
- OpenAlex
- W2019266076
- Cited by
- 356
- References
- 30
- FWCI
- 167.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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