In search of grammaticalization in synchronic dialect data: General extenders in northeast England

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-471

  Pichler, Heike ^a   Levey, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84857750644     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674311000128     Document Type: Article

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