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Cynthia L. Allen, Dative external possessors in Early English (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics 39). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. xvi + 284. ISBN 9780198832263.

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Cynthia L. Allen, Dative external possessors in Early English (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics 39). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. xvi + 284. ISBN 9780198832263.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2021

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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 2022 , pp. 203 - 209
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