Gradience and linguistic change

Denison, David

doi:10.1075/cilt.215.10den

In:Historical Linguistics 1999: Selected papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, 9–13 August 1999
Edited by Laurel J. Brinton
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 215] 2001
► pp. 119–144

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Gradience and linguistic change

David Denison | University of Manchester

Published online: 9 August 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.215.10den

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