Micro-variation and multiple grammars

Westergaard, Marit

doi:10.1075/lab.25039.wes

Commentary published In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
Vol. 16:2 (2026) ► pp.133–136

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Micro-variation and multiple grammars

Marit Westergaard | UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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Published online: 4 July 2025

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