Chapter published in:
Changing Structures: Studies in constructions and complementation
Edited by Mark Kaunisto, Mikko Höglund and Paul Rickman
[Studies in Language Companion Series 195] 2018
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Structures, patterns, constructions – studying variation and change in lexico-grammar

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Published online: 22 May 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.195.01kau
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