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12 - Phylogenetic Reconstruction in Syntax: The Parametric Comparison Method

from Part II - Methods and Tools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2017

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Giuseppe Longobardi  and
Cristina Guardiano
Edited by
Adam Ledgeway  and
Ian Roberts
Adam Ledgeway
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University of Cambridge
Ian Roberts
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The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax , pp. 241 - 272
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