Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon. Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in comparative linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. xvi, 453 pp.

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Published online: 14 August 2003

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Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon. Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in comparative linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. xvi, 453 pp.

Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon. Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in comparative linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. xvi, 453 pp.