The origin of the German es gibt construction

Newman, John

doi:10.1075/tsl.36.11new

In:The Linguistics of Giving
Edited by John Newman
[Typological Studies in Language 36] 1998
► pp. 307–326

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The origin of the German es gibt construction

John Newman

Published online: 15 February 1998

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.36.11new

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