Number--Constructions and Semantics : Case studies from Africa, Amazonia, India and Oceania /
Numeral systems of the Greater Awyu family of Papuan languages are the topic of this paper. Extended body-part systems that employ the fingers, parts of the arm and head are used by most languages in this family. Body-part based numeral systems of this type are only found in parts of New Guinea and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2014.
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| Series: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 151. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
