String frequency: A cognitive motivating factor in coalescence, language processing, and linguistic change

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-320

  Krug, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0001480031     PISSN: 00754242     EISSN: 15525457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/007542429802600402     Document Type: Article

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