Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Marco Polo: from Venice to Xanadu

2008; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 45; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.45-6943

1943-5975

Laurence Bergreen,

Linguistics and language evolution

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