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Charles N. Li (ed.), Mechanisms of syntactic change. Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1977. Pp. xix + 620.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Theodora Bynon
Theodora Bynon
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Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , September 1982 , pp. 454 - 460
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