The case of plural was in Early Modern English: Vernacular universals?

Nevalainen, Terttu

doi:10.1075/slcs.76.19nev

In:Types of Variation: Diachronic, dialectal and typological interfaces
Edited by Terttu Nevalainen, Juhani Klemola and Mikko Laitinen
[Studies in Language Companion Series 76] 2006
► pp. 351–369

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Vernacular universals?

The case of plural was in Early Modern English

Terttu Nevalainen

Published online: 1 June 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.76.19nev

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