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Constraints on Productivity

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    Franz Rainer

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    Rochelle Lieber

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Rainer, F. (2005). Constraints on Productivity. In: Štekauer, P., Lieber, R. (eds) Handbook of Word-Formation. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3596-9_14

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