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LITERATURE, LINGUISTICS & CRITICISM

Agreement asymmetries in Arabic varieties dissolved: A feature inheritance-based account

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Article: 2164553 | Received 07 Aug 2022, Accepted 29 Dec 2022, Published online: 04 Mar 2023

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