On the asymmetries in the affixation of grammatical material

Bybee, Joan L.; Pagliuca, William; Perkins, Revere D.

doi:10.1075/tsl.20.04byb

In:Studies in Typology and Diachrony: Papers presented to Joseph H. Greenberg on his 75th birthday
Edited by William A. Croft, Suzanne Kemmer and Keith Denning
[Typological Studies in Language 20] 1990
► pp. 1–42

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On the asymmetries in the affixation of grammatical material

Joan L. Bybee

William Pagliuca

Revere D. Perkins

Published online: 1 January 1990

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.20.04byb

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