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Studies in Language
Vol. 15:1 (1991) ► pp.248–252
Book review

B. Comrie. Language Universals and Linguistic Typology (2nd edition).
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, . 264 pp. map, index.

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Published online: 1 January 1991
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