Why worser is better: The double comparative in 16th- to 17th-century English

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-208

  Schlüter, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

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EID: 85008540062     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954394501132047     Document Type: Article

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