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Discourse Configurationality and the Noun Phrase in Eastern Armenian 语篇构成性与东亚美尼亚语的名词短语

Faits de langues Pub Date : 2020-01-30 DOI: 10.1163/19589514-05002015

Katherine Hodgson

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The Bloomfieldian Heritage in Algonquian Linguistics: The Verbal Complex in Innu 阿尔冈基语言学中的布卢姆菲尔德传统：因努的语言情结

Faits de langues Pub Date : 2020-01-30 DOI: 10.1163/19589514-05002012

Renée Lambert-Brétière

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Comparison constructions in Lizu (Tibeto-Burman) 黎祖(藏缅)建筑比较

Faits de langues Pub Date : 2019-12-04 DOI: 10.1163/19589514-05001005

Katia Chirkova

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Faits de langues Pub Date : 2019-12-04 DOI: 10.1163/19589514-05001017

Françoise Rose

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Faits de langues Pub Date : 2019-12-04 DOI: 10.1163/19589514-05001011

Claire Moyse-Faurie

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Faits de Langues – Les Cahiers 语言事实-笔记本

Faits de langues Pub Date : 2019-12-04 DOI: 10.1163/19589514-05001014

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L’expression de la comparaison d’égalitéet de la similitude en arabe ḥassāniyya : Points de vue typologique et diachronique 阿拉伯语ḥassāniyya中平等性和相似性比较的表达：类型学和历时观点

Faits de langues Pub Date : 2019-12-04 DOI: 10.1163/19589514-05001006