Areal typology and grammaticalization: Processes of grammaticalization based on nouns and verbs in east and mainland south east Asian languages

Studies in Language

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 519-597

  Bisang, Walter ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84989395440     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.20.3.03bis     Document Type: Article

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