The grammaticallization of rhetorical questions in Tamil

Herring, Susan C.

doi:10.1075/tsl.19.1.12her

In:Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues
Edited by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Bernd Heine
[Typological Studies in Language 19:1] 1991
► pp. 253–284

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The grammaticallization of rhetorical questions in Tamil

Susan C. Herring

Published online: 15 October 1991

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.19.1.12her

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