On projecting variation back into a proto-language, with particular attention to Germanic evidence and some thoughts on “drift”

Joseph, Brian D.

doi:10.1075/cilt.268.06jos

In:Variation and Reconstruction
Edited by Thomas D. Cravens
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 268] 2006
► pp. 103–118

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On projecting variation back into a proto-language, with particular attention to Germanic evidence and some thoughts on “drift”

Brian D. Joseph

Published online: 5 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.268.06jos

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