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Review published In: Diachronica
Vol. 1:2 (1984) ► pp.267–271

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Willy Elmer. Diachronic Grammar: The history of Old and Middle English subjectless constructions. Willy Elmer. [Linguistische Arbeiten, 97]. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1981. XI, 177 pp.

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Published online: 1 January 1984
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