Dynamic mixing or archaic retention?: The ambiguous case of ‘completive done’ in Tristan da Cunha English

Diachronica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 135-176

  Schreier, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84989392111     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.19.1.05sch     Document Type: Article

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