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John A. Hawkins 2014. Cross-linguistic variation and efficiency. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. xiv + 271. UK £29.99 (softcover).

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John A. Hawkins 2014. Cross-linguistic variation and efficiency. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. xiv + 271. UK £29.99 (softcover).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2016

Mohammad Rasekh-Mahnad
Mohammad Rasekh-Mahnad*
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Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , July 2016 , pp. 221 - 224
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