Social variation in intensifier use: Constraint on -ly adverbialization in the past?

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-315

  Nevalainen, Terttu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 61449208054     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674308002633     Document Type: Article

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