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In:Category Change from a Constructional Perspective
Edited by Kristel Van Goethem, Muriel Norde, Evie Coussé and Gudrun Vanderbauwhede
[Constructional Approaches to Language 20] 2018
► pp. 3–12

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Chapter 1
Category change from a constructional perspective

Introduction

Published online: 22 March 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.20.01van
Article outline
  • 1.Linguistic categories: Discrete or gradient?
  • 2.Category change
  • 3.This volume
  • References
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