On the persistence of grammar in discourse formulas: A variationist study of that

Linguistics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-43

  Cacoullos, Rena Torres ^a   Walker, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b York University

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EID: 58349113891     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LING.2009.001     Document Type: Article

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