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Cats and categories – reply to Teubert. / Sealey, Alison.
In: Language and Dialogue, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2014, p. 299 – 321.

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Sealey, A 2014, 'Cats and categories – reply to Teubert', Language and Dialogue, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 299 – 321. https://doi.org/10.1075/ld.4.2.07sea

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Sealey A. Cats and categories – reply to Teubert. Language and Dialogue. 2014;4(2):299 – 321. doi: 10.1075/ld.4.2.07sea

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Sealey, Alison. / Cats and categories – reply to Teubert. In: Language and Dialogue. 2014 ; Vol. 4, No. 2. pp. 299 – 321.

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