The development of -s in the third person singular present indicative in English: Snowball effect in lexical diffusion

Ogura, Mieko; Wang, William S-Y.

doi:10.1075/cilt.135.10ogu

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English Historical Linguistics 1994: Papers from the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (8 ICEHL, Edinburgh, 19–23 September 1994)
Edited by Derek Britton
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 135] 1996
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Snowball effect in lexical diffusion

The development of -s in the third person singular present indicative in English

Mieko Ogura

William S-Y. Wang

Published online: 1 March 1996

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.135.10ogu

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