The stuff of change: General extenders in toronto, Canada

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-368

  Tagliamonte, Sali A ^a   Denis, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

general extenders; grammaticalization; language change; lexical replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649956487     PISSN: 00754242     EISSN: 15525457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0075424210367484     Document Type: Article

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