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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Grammatical Variation and Change in Relation to the System | 107 |
Lexical Variation and Change in Relation to the System | 129 |
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Language System and Its Change: On Theory and Testability Jadranka Gvozdanovic No preview available - 1985 |
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| Title | Language System and Its Change: On Theory and Testability Volume 30 of Studies and monographs, Trends in linguistics Volume 30 of Trends in linguistics Mouton de Gruyter. Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs Volume 30 of Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs |
| Author | Jadranka C. Gvozdanovic |
| Contributor | ProQuest (Firm) |
| Publisher | Mouton de Gruyter, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Feb 12, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0899251226, 9780899251226 |
| Length | 221 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / General |
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