Drift and the grammaticalization divide between northern and southern Wakashan

International Journal of American Linguistics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-324

  Fortescue, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drift; Grammaticalization; Inflection; Linguistic area; Polysynthesis; Wakashan

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248712297     PISSN: 00207071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509488     Document Type: Review

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