The coming of age: how do linguists tease apart chronological, biological, and social age?

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The coming of age: how do linguists tease apart chronological, biological, and social age? / Hejná, Míša; Jespersen, Anna.

In: Language and Linguistics Compass, Vol. 15, No. 1, 01.2021.

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Hejná, M & Jespersen, A 2021, 'The coming of age: how do linguists tease apart chronological, biological, and social age?', Language and Linguistics Compass, vol. 15, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12404

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Hejná, M., & Jespersen, A. (2021). The coming of age: how do linguists tease apart chronological, biological, and social age? Language and Linguistics Compass, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12404

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Hejná M, Jespersen A. The coming of age: how do linguists tease apart chronological, biological, and social age? Language and Linguistics Compass. 2021 Jan;15(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12404

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Hejná, Míša ; Jespersen, Anna. / The coming of age: how do linguists tease apart chronological, biological, and social age?. In: Language and Linguistics Compass. 2021 ; Vol. 15, No. 1.

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