A synchronic perspective on the grammaticalisation of will in hypothetical predicates

Studies in Language

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 411-442

  Ziegeler, Debra ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84989403384     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.20.2.06zie     Document Type: Article

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