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Variation Rolls the Dice: A worldwide collage in honour of Salikoko S. Mufwene
Edited by Enoch O. Aboh and Cécile B. Vigouroux
[Contact Language Library 59] 2021
► pp. 1–22

Introduction

Ecology rolls the dice

| University of Amsterdam
| Simon Fraser University
Article outline
  • 1.An ecological approach to Salikoko S. Mufwene’s intellectual journey
  • 2.Mufwene’s language ecology approach
  • 3.The chapters of this book
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 12 October 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/coll.59.01abo
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