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Functions of Language
Vol. 15:2 (2008) ► pp.293–303
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Olga Fischer. Morphosyntactic change: Functional and formal perspectives
New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, . xviii + 378 pp. ISBN 978-019-926704-0(US) 019-926704-9(Eur.) (hb) 978-019-926705-7(US) 019-926705-7(Eur.) (pb)

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