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6 - To What Extent Are Phonological Inventories Complex Systems?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2017

Salikoko S. Mufwene
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University of Chicago
Christophe Coupé
Affiliation:
Université Lumière Lyon II
François Pellegrino
Affiliation:
Université Lumière Lyon II
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Complexity in Language
Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives
, pp. 135 - 164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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