Ritualization and the development of language

Haiman, John

doi:10.1075/cilt.109.07hai

In:Perspectives on Grammaticalization
Edited by William Pagliuca
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 109] 1994
► pp. 3–28

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Ritualization and the development of language

John Haiman

Published online: 25 August 1994

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.109.07hai

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