Is frequency an explanatory causal concept in linguistics?

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  • Klaas Willems Universiteit Gent

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https://doi.org/10.55245/energeia.2014.007

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2014-01-21

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Willems, K. (2014). Is frequency an explanatory causal concept in linguistics?. ENERGEIA. ONLINE JOURNAL FOR LINGUISTICS, LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS, (V), 105–112. https://doi.org/10.55245/energeia.2014.007

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