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The History of the Swedish Genitive: the Full Story: A Reply to Delsing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Muriel Norde
Muriel Norde
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Skandinavistiek, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Spuistraat 134, NL-1012 VB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: muriel.norde@hum.uva.nl
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , June 2001 , pp. 107 - 117
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