The grammaticalization of coordination

Mithun, Marianne

doi:10.1075/tsl.18.13mit

In:Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse
Edited by John Haiman † and Sandra A. Thompson
[Typological Studies in Language 18] 1988
► pp. 331–360

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The grammaticalization of coordination

Marianne Mithun

Published online: 1 January 1988

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.18.13mit

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