Review published In:
DiachronicaVol. 1:1 (1984) ► pp.121–130
Book review
. Language Typology : Cross-Linguistic Studies in Syntax Graham Mallinson & Barry J. Blake. [North-Holland Linguistic Series, 46]. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publ. Co., 1981. XVII, 486 pp.
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