Suffixed plurals in Baïnonk languages: Agreement patterns and diachronic development
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0167-6164,1613-3811
DOI: 10.1515/jall-2017-0007