Body Part Syntax: Towards a Universal Characterization

Fox, Barbara A.

doi:10.1075/sl.5.3.03fox

Article published In: Studies in Language
Vol. 5:3 (1981) ► pp.323–342

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Body Part Syntax

Towards a Universal Characterization

Barbara A. Fox | Dept. of Linguistics UCLA

Published online: 1 January 1981

https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.5.3.03fox

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