October 05, 2025 reference-entry Aachen paper

Standard Language

Elsevier eBooks, pp. 210–214

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95504-1.01039-5 OpenAlex

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Dick Smakman corresponding Aachen

Leiden University

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Leiden University Center for Linguistics, Leiden, the Netherlands

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