Understanding the present through the past: Processes of koineisation in Cyprus

Diachronica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-372

  Terkourafi, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cypriot dialect; Frankish Lusignan kingdom of Cyprus; Koineisation; Levelling; Mixing; Simplification; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144501528     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.22.2.04ter     Document Type: Article

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