Cyclical change / edited by Elly van Gelderen.

Linguistic Cycles are ever present in language change and involve a phrase or word that gradually disappears and is replaced by a new linguistic item. The most well-known cycles involve negatives, where an initial single negative, such as not, is reinforced by another negative, such as no thing, and...

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Other Authors: Gelderen, Elly van
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 146.
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