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Cynthia Allen, Genitives in Early English. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. 354. ISBN 978-0-19-921668-0.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2010

Letizia Vezzosi
Letizia Vezzosi*
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Dept Ancient Modern and Comparative Languages and Literatures, University of Perugia, Via degli Offici 14, I-06123 Perugia, Italyvezzosi@unipg.it
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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , November 2010 , pp. 511 - 518
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