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Vowel System Sandbox: Complex System Modelling of Language Change Cover

Vowel System Sandbox: Complex System Modelling of Language Change

By: Sean A. Fulop and  Hannah Scott  
Open Access
|Mar 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.198 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 2, 2017
Accepted on: Feb 18, 2019
Published on: Mar 25, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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