The demise of the Old English impersonal construction1

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 337-368

  Fischer, Olga C M ^a   Van Der Leek, Frederike C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84926274546     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226700007775     Document Type: Article

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