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7 - Sign Language Typology

from Part I - Domains of Linguistic Typology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

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Ulrike Zeshan  and
Nick Palfreyman
Edited by
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald  and
R. M. W. Dixon
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Affiliation:
James Cook University, North Queensland
R. M. W. Dixon
Affiliation:
James Cook University, North Queensland
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The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Typology , pp. 178 - 216
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Print publication year: 2017

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