Ideophones as the source of verbs in Northern Australian languages

McGregor, William B.

doi:10.1075/tsl.44.17mcg

In:Ideophones
Edited by F.K. Erhard Voeltz and Christa Kilian-Hatz
[Typological Studies in Language 44] 2001
► pp. 205–221

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Ideophones as the source of verbs in Northern Australian languages

William B. McGregor | Max Planck Institute für Psycholinguistik, Nijmegen

Published online: 19 December 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.44.17mcg

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