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Paradigm leveling : The decay of consonant alternations in Russian. / Magomedova, Varvara; Slioussar, Natalia.

Perspectives on Morphological Organization: Data and Analyses. Brill, 2017. p. 123-137 (Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory; Vol. 10).

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Magomedova, V & Slioussar, N 2017, Paradigm leveling: The decay of consonant alternations in Russian. in Perspectives on Morphological Organization: Data and Analyses. Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory, vol. 10, Brill, pp. 123-137. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004342934_007

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Magomedova, V., & Slioussar, N. (2017). Paradigm leveling: The decay of consonant alternations in Russian. In Perspectives on Morphological Organization: Data and Analyses (pp. 123-137). (Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory; Vol. 10). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004342934_007

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Magomedova V, Slioussar N. Paradigm leveling: The decay of consonant alternations in Russian. In Perspectives on Morphological Organization: Data and Analyses. Brill. 2017. p. 123-137. (Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory). https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004342934_007

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Magomedova, Varvara ; Slioussar, Natalia. / Paradigm leveling : The decay of consonant alternations in Russian. Perspectives on Morphological Organization: Data and Analyses. Brill, 2017. pp. 123-137 (Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory).

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