Word order options and category shift in the premodifying string: A lovely little example

Adamson, Sylvia M.

doi:10.1075/slcs.53.04ada

In:Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English
Edited by Olga Fischer, Anette Rosenbach and Dieter Stein
[Studies in Language Companion Series 53] 2000
► pp. 39–66

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A lovely little example

Word order options and category shift in the premodifying string

Sylvia M. Adamson | University of Manchester

Published online: 13 November 2000

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.53.04ada

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