Evidence from emerging modals: Frequency, iconicity, categorization

Krug, Manfred G.

doi:10.1075/tsl.45.16kru

In:Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure
Edited by Joan L. Bybee and Paul J. Hopper
[Typological Studies in Language 45] 2001
► pp. 309–336

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Frequency, iconicity, categorization

Evidence from emerging modals

Manfred G. Krug

Published online: 15 October 2001

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.45.16kru

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