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Vol. 29:3 (2012) ► pp.399–410
Book review

Bethwyn Evans. Discovering History Through Language: Papers in honor of Malcolm Ross
The Australian National University: Pacific Linguistics 605, 2009. xi, 500 pp.

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Published online: 12 October 2012
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