The interplay between local and wider geographical uses of directional terms in West Greenlandic

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The interplay between local and wider geographical uses of directional terms in West Greenlandic. / Trondhjem, Naja Blytmann; Fortescue, Michael David.

2010. Paper presented at Hunter-Gatherers and Sematic Categories: An interdisciplinary workshop on Theory, Method and Documentation, Neuwied, Germany.

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Harvard

Trondhjem, NB & Fortescue, MD 2010, 'The interplay between local and wider geographical uses of directional terms in West Greenlandic', Paper presented at Hunter-Gatherers and Sematic Categories: An interdisciplinary workshop on Theory, Method and Documentation, Neuwied, Germany, 30/05/2010 - 04/06/2010.

APA

Trondhjem, N. B., & Fortescue, M. D. (2010). The interplay between local and wider geographical uses of directional terms in West Greenlandic. Paper presented at Hunter-Gatherers and Sematic Categories: An interdisciplinary workshop on Theory, Method and Documentation, Neuwied, Germany.

Vancouver

Trondhjem NB, Fortescue MD. The interplay between local and wider geographical uses of directional terms in West Greenlandic. 2010. Paper presented at Hunter-Gatherers and Sematic Categories: An interdisciplinary workshop on Theory, Method and Documentation, Neuwied, Germany.

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Trondhjem, Naja Blytmann ; Fortescue, Michael David. / The interplay between local and wider geographical uses of directional terms in West Greenlandic. Paper presented at Hunter-Gatherers and Sematic Categories: An interdisciplinary workshop on Theory, Method and Documentation, Neuwied, Germany.

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