On the Role Played by Iconicity in Grammaticalisation Processes*

Iconicity in Language and Literature

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages 345-374

  Fischer, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85138617033     PISSN: 18735037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/ill.1.26fis     Document Type: Conference Paper

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