Review published In: Diachronica
Vol. 26:3 (2009) ► pp.437–441
Book review
. The Paradox of Grammatical Change. Perspectives from Romance. Ulrich Detges & Richard Waltereit. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2008. ii + 252 pp.
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