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Kristian A. Rusten, Referential null subjects in Early English (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. 272. ISBN: 9780198808237.

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Kristian A. Rusten, Referential null subjects in Early English (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. 272. ISBN: 9780198808237.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2020

Nikolaos Lavidas*
Affiliation:
Department of Language and Linguistics Faculty of English, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zographou Campus, 157 84Athens, Greecenlavidas@enl.uoa.gr

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