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| Comparative syntax in Austronesian. WA Foley University of California, Berkeley, 1976 | 136 | 1976 |
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| Information structure WA Foley The encyclopedia of language and linguistics 3, 1678-1685, 1994 | 79 | 1994 |
| Toward a universal typology of the noun phrase W Foley Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation …, 1980 | 75 | 1980 |
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