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Vol. 8:2 (1984) ► pp.259–286

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Bernard Comrie. Language universals and linguistic typology. Syntax and morphology. Basil Blackwell, 1981. xii + 252 pp. £6.50andGraham Mallinson & Barry J. Blake. Language typology. Cross-linguistic studies in syntax [North-Holland Linguistic Series, 46]. North-Holland, 1981. xviii + 486 pp. Hfl. 125,--.

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