On the history of methinks: From impersonal construction to fossilised expression

Folia Linguistica Historica

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 153-169

  López Couso, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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