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22 - Cyclicity

from Part IV - Major Issues and Themes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2017

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Elly van Gelderen
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Adam Ledgeway  and
Ian Roberts
Adam Ledgeway
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Ian Roberts
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The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax , pp. 467 - 488
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  • Edited by Adam Ledgeway, University of Cambridge, Ian Roberts, University of Cambridge
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