Martin Hilpert. Germanic Future Constructions: A Usage-Based Approach to Language Change. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2008. . [Constructional Approaches to Language, 7]. viii + 205 pp. ISBN 978 90 272 1829 2

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Published online: 16 December 2009

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Martin Hilpert. Germanic Future Constructions: A Usage-Based Approach to Language Change. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2008. . [Constructional Approaches to Language, 7]. viii + 205 pp. ISBN 978 90 272 1829 2

Martin Hilpert. Germanic Future Constructions: A Usage-Based Approach to Language Change. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2008. . [Constructional Approaches to Language, 7]. viii + 205 pp. ISBN 978 90 272 1829 2