Discourse origins of the present perfect

Slobin, Dan I.

doi:10.1075/cilt.109.04slo

In:Perspectives on Grammaticalization
Edited by William Pagliuca
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 109] 1994
► pp. 119–133

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Discourse origins of the present perfect

Dan I. Slobin

Published online: 25 August 1994

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.109.04slo

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