Computing Vowel Harmony: The Generative Capacity of Search & Copy
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2377-3324
DOI: 10.3765/amp.v8i0.4752