A counterexample to homophony avoidance

Sampson, Geoffrey

doi:10.1075/dia.30.4.05sam

Article published In: Diachronica
Vol. 30:4 (2013) ► pp.579–591

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A counterexample to homophony avoidance

Geoffrey Sampson | University of South Africa

Published online: 31 January 2014

https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.30.4.05sam

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