Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Grammaticalization
✍ Scribed by Elena Seoane (Ed.), María José López-Couso (Ed.)
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 382
- Series
- Typological Studies in Language 77
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Library
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