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16 - Uniformitarianism

from Part III - Principles and Constraints

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2017

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Ian Roberts
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Adam Ledgeway  and
Ian Roberts
Adam Ledgeway
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Ian Roberts
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The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax , pp. 338 - 359
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Print publication year: 2017

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