Replication, transfer, and calquing: Using variation as a tool in the study of language contact

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-317

  Meyerhoff, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 74049152342     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394509990196     Document Type: Article

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