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9 - Complexity and Language Contact: A Socio-Cognitive Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2017

Salikoko S. Mufwene
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University of Chicago
Christophe Coupé
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Université Lumière Lyon II
François Pellegrino
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Université Lumière Lyon II
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Complexity in Language
Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives
, pp. 218 - 244
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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