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Vol. 32:2 (2008) ► pp.447–456

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Bert Peeters (ed.). Semantic Primes and Universal Grammar: Empirical evidence from the Romance languages. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2006. . [Studies in Language Companion Series, 81]. xvi+374 pp. ISBN 90 272 3091 9

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