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Studies in Language
Vol. 40:3 (2016) ► pp. 713–721
Book review

Heiko Narrog. Modality, Subjectivity, and Semantic Change. A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. vi + 333 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-969437-2

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| Research Foundation — Flanders (FWO
Published online: 18 October 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.40.3.10bei
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