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Diachronica
Vol. 31:1 (2014) ► pp.150–157
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Galves Charlotte Cyrino Sonia Lopes Ruth Sandalo Filomena Avelar Juanito Parameter theory and linguistic change Oxford Oxford University Press 2012 416

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Published online: 21 July 2014
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