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