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Russell S. Tomlin. Basic Word Order: Functional Principles. Croom Helm Linguistics Series. London: Croom Helm. 1986. Pp. ii + 308. £25.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

William J. Ashby*
Affiliation:
University of California/Santa Barbara

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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1988

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