Modeling diachronic change in the third person singular: A multifactorial, verb- and author-specific exploratory approach

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-320

  Gries, Stefan Th ^a   Hilpert, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 78650621432     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674310000092     Document Type: Article

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