The easy-to-please construction in Old and middle English

van der Wurff, Wim

doi:10.1075/cilt.65.29wur

In:Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics
Edited by Sylvia M. Adamson, Vivien A. Law, Nigel Vincent and Susan Wright
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 65] 1990
► pp. 519–536

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The easy-to-please construction in Old and middle English

Wim van der Wurff

Published online: 1 January 1990

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