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Selected Reference Publications
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics by Keith Brown (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 0080442994
Publication Date: 2005-12-06
The Handbook of Linguistics by Mark Aronoff (Editor); Janie Rees-Miller (Editor)
ISBN: 0631204970
Publication Date: 2000-10-11
The Linguistics Encyclopedia by Kirsten Malmkjaer (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415421041
Publication Date: 2010-01-20
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics by David Crystal (Editor)
ISBN: 9781405152969
Publication Date: 2008-06-23
Encyclopedia of Linguistics by Philipp Strazny (Editor)
ISBN: 1579583911
Publication Date: 2004-12-27
The World Atlas of Language Structures by Bernard Comrie (Editor); Hans-Jörg Bibiko (As told to); Hagen Jung (As told to); Claudia Schmidt (As told to); Martin Haspelmath; David Gil (Editor); Matthew S. Dryer (Editor)