Hiberno-English medial-object perfects reconsidered: A case of contact-induced grammaticalisation

Studies in Language

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 528-568

  Pietsch, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

English; Grammaticalisation; Hiberno English; Irish; Language contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149104200     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.33.3.02pie     Document Type: Article

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