On multiple source constructions in language change

Van de Velde, Freek; De Smet, Hendrik; Ghesquière, Lobke

doi:10.1075/sl.37.3.01int

Article published In: On multiple source constructions in language change
Edited by Hendrik De Smet, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde
[Studies in Language 37:3] 2013
► pp. 473–489

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On multiple source constructions in language change

Freek Van de Velde | University of Leuven

Hendrik De Smet | Research Foundation Flanders

Lobke Ghesquière

Published online: 7 October 2013

https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.37.3.01int

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