Diachronic evidence and the affix-clitic distinction

Carstairs-McCarthy, Andrew D.

doi:10.1075/cilt.48.12car

In:Papers from the 7th International Conference on Historical Linguistics
Edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat, Onofrio Carruba and Giuliano Bernini
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 48] 1987
► pp. 151–162

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Diachronic evidence and the affix-clitic distinction

Andrew D. Carstairs-McCarthy

Published online: 1 January 1987

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