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Grammaticalization and the Etymology of Old Irish Ocus ‘And’

By: Aaron Griffith  
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|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/scp.2024.9.6 | Journal eISSN: 2657-3008 | Journal ISSN: 2451-4160
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Published on: Jan 24, 2025
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