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Studies in Language
Vol. 37:2 (2013) ► pp. 425–434
Book review

Umberto Ansaldo, Jan Don & Roland Pfau (eds.). Parts of speech: Empirical and theoretical advances
Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2010. [Benjamins Current Topics, 25]. vi+291 pp. ISBN 978 90 272 2555 8Hb 978 90 272 2555 8Eb

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Published online: 20 June 2013
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.37.2.06alf
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