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| Derbyshire, Desmond C. and Geoffrey K. Pullum | A Select Bibliography of Guiana Carib Languages | 1979 | International Journal of American Linguistics | Library/Museum/Archiving, Linguistics |
| Derbyshire, Desmond C. | A diachronic explanation for the origin of OVS in some Carib languages | 1979 | Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session | Linguistics |
