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Cognitive

Foundations

of Grammar

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Cognitive

Foundations

of Grammar

BERND HEINE

New York Oxford

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

1997

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Heine, Bernd, 1939-

Cognitive foundations of grammar / Bernd Heine.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-19-510251-7; ISBN 0-19-510252-5 (pbk)

1. Cognitive grammar. 1. Title.

P165.H45 1997

415—dc20

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on acid-free paper

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