The Loss of OV Order in the History of English

The Handbook of the History of English

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 249-278

  Pintzuk, Susan ^a   Taylor, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequencies; Individual speakers; Latin influence; Object; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891011531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757048.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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