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Fields of papers citing papers by Randy J. LaPolla
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Randy J. LaPolla
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2012). Comments on Methodology and Evidence in Sino-Tibetan Comparative Linguistics. DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University). 13(1). 117–132.16 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2010). Hierarchical person marking in Rawang. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt).3 indexed citations
LaPolla, Randy J.. (2008). Relative Clause Structures in the Rawang Language. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 9(4). 797–812.15 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (2006). Clause Linking in Dulong-Rawang. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt).2 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J., et al.. (2005). Direct and Indirect Speech in Tagalog. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt).2 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J., et al.. (2001). New research on Zhangzhung and related Himalayan languages.7 indexed citations
LaPolla, Randy J.. (1995). ‘Ergative’ Marking in Tibeto-Burman. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 41(41). 189–228.21 indexed citations
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LaPolla, Randy J.. (1995). On the Utility of the Concepts of Markedness and Prototypes in Understanding the Development of Morphological Systems. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 1149–1186.8 indexed citations
LaPolla, Randy J.. (1990). Grammatical Relations in Chinese: Synchronic and Diachronic Considerations. eScholarship (California Digital Library).19 indexed citations
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