“What does linguistics gain from interdisciplinary studies, and what do interdisciplinary studies gain from linguistics?”


Harald Hammarström

Haral Hammarström was invited to talk about his interdisciplinary research within linguistics at the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Uppsala (KVSU).

His presentation can be viewed online:

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