Optimality Theory, Language Typology, and Universalist Metrics
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Studia Metrica et Poetica
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2346-691X,2346-6901
DOI: 10.12697/smp.2018.5.1.01