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Diachronica
Vol. 26:3 (2009) ► pp. 448–455
Book review

Gisella Ferraresi & Maria Goldbach. Principles of Syntactic Reconstruction
Gisella Ferraresi & Maria Goldbach. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2008. xvii+220 pp.

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Published online: 10 November 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.26.3.06kis
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