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Review published In: Studies in Language
Vol. 38:1 (2014) ► pp.220–233

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Søren Wichmann & Anthony P. Grant (eds.). Quantitative approaches to linguistic diversity: commemorating the centenary of the birth of Morris Swadesh. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2012. . [Benjamins Current Topics, 46]. x+182 pp. ISBN 78 90 272 0265 9

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Published online: 25 April 2014
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