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Merritt Ruhlen. A Guide to the World’s Languages. Volume 1: Classification. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1987. Pp. xxvii + 433. US$25.00 (hardcover).

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Matthew Dryer
Matthew Dryer*
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University of Alberta
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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 46 - 54
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