System collapse, system rebirth: The demonstrative pronouns of English 900-1350 and the birth of the definite article

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2002-07-01

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Sonmez, MJM

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M. Sonmez, “System collapse, system rebirth: The demonstrative pronouns of English 900-1350 and the birth of the definite article,” JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS, pp. 448–450, 2002, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63690.