Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ "Blake, Barry John". VIAF. 17 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ↑ Blake & Smith 2011.
- ↑ Blake 1983, pp. 143–175.
- ↑ Blake 1979, pp. 183–242.
- ↑ Siewierska & Song 1998, pp. ix–xi.
- ↑ Blake 2010, pp. 1–204.
- ↑ Siewierska & Song 1998, p. ix.
- ↑ Blake 1998, pp. 15–24.
- 1 2 Siewierska & Song 1998, p. x.
- ↑ Comrie & Polinsky 1998, p. 95.
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