Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 15, Fall 1992

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LinguisticsLanguage acquisition
Syntax
Bella Coola language
Government-binding theory (Linguistics)
Romance languages
Proto-Romance language
Historical linguistics
Phonology
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syllable
Latin language
Linguistic change
Semantics
Constraints (Linguistics)
Greek language;
Lexicon
Comparative and general--Classification
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The editors of this issue, Siv M. Rogmans, Margrit Prevost, and Loma V. Rowsell, are pleased to present the fifteenth issue of the Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics published by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Calgary. The papers published here represent works in progress and as such should not be considered in any way final or definitive. All the contributors to this issue are or have been associated with the Department of Linguistics at the University of Calgary. The collection of essays is quite diverse, drawing from several language families and different areas of linguistic study.Refereed
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Prevost, M., Rogmans, S. M., & Rowsell, L. V. (Eds.) (1992). Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 15(Fall).Department
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