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3 - Exaptation

from Part I - Types and Mechanisms of Syntactic Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2017

Adam Ledgeway
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Ian Roberts
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  • Exaptation
  • Edited by Adam Ledgeway, University of Cambridge, Ian Roberts, University of Cambridge
  • Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax
  • Online publication: 28 April 2017
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107279070.004
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