From lexical to grammatical to social meaning

Language in Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 443-478

  Cacoullos, Rena Torres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gerundial periphrases; Grammaticization; Mexico; Progressives; Sociolinguistic variation; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035457974     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404501003049     Document Type: Article

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