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DiachronicaVol. 9:2 (1992) ► pp.307–316
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. Change in Language: Whitney, Bréal, Wegener. Brigitte Nerlich. [Routledge History of Linguistic Thought Series, [unnumbered]]. London & New York: Routledge, 1990. xiv, 213 pp.
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