Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon. Commands: A Cross-Linguistic Typology [Explorations in Linguistic Typology, 8]. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xxiv + 328 pp. ISBN 9780198803225 (hb)

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Chia-Jung Pan | Beijing Normal University

Published online: 6 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.1075/alal.24011.pan

Article outline

1.Introduction
2.Summary of contents
3.Critical evaluation
References

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Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon. Commands: A Cross-Linguistic Typology [Explorations in Linguistic Typology, 8]. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xxiv + 328 pp. ISBN 9780198803225 (hb)

Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon. Commands: A Cross-Linguistic Typology [Explorations in Linguistic Typology, 8]. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xxiv + 328 pp. ISBN 9780198803225 (hb)