Tom Owen-Smith
Introduction
Owen-Smith, Tom; Hill, Nathan W.
Authors
PROF Nathan Hill nh36@soas.ac.uk
Professor Tibetan&Historical Linguistics
Contributors
Tom Owen-Smith to11@soas.ac.uk
Editor
PROF Nathan Hill nh36@soas.ac.uk
Editor
Citation
Owen-Smith, T., & Hill, N. W. (2014). Introduction. In T. Owen-Smith, & N. W. Hill (Eds.), Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area (1-10). Mouton de Gruyter
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2014 |
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Deposit Date | Dec 10, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 24, 2025 |
Pages | 1-10 |
Series Title | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs |
Series Number | 266 |
Book Title | Trans-Himalayan Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area |
ISBN | 9783110310832 |
Publisher URL | http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/204660 |
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