Lexical diffusion, lexical frequency, and lexical analysis

Phillips, Betty S.

doi:10.1075/tsl.45.07phi

In:Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure
Edited by Joan L. Bybee and Paul J. Hopper
[Typological Studies in Language 45] 2001
► pp. 123–136

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Lexical diffusion, lexical frequency, and lexical analysis

Betty S. Phillips

Published online: 15 October 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.45.07phi

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