Some suggestions for explaining the origin and development of the definite article in English

McColl Millar, Robert

doi:10.1075/slcs.53.14mil

In:Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English
Edited by Olga Fischer, Anette Rosenbach and Dieter Stein
[Studies in Language Companion Series 53] 2000
► pp. 275–310

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Some suggestions for explaining the origin and development of the definite article in English

Robert McColl Millar | University of Aberdeen

Published online: 13 November 2000

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.53.14mil

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