The use of the verbal -s Inflection in BEV

Myhill, John; Harris, Wendell A.

doi:10.1075/cilt.53.05myh

In:Diversity and Diachrony
David Sankoff
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 53] 1986
► pp. 25–31

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The use of the verbal -s Inflection in BEV

John Myhill

Wendell A. Harris

Published online: 1 January 1986

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.53.05myh

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