LARISA LEISIÖ Morphosyntactic Convergence and Integration in Finland Russian University of Tampere Tampere 2001 Morphosyntactic Convergence and Integration in Finland Russian Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 795 ACADEMIC DISSERTATION University of Tampere, Department of Philology II, Slavonic Languages Finland Distribution University of Tampere Sales Office Tel. +358 3 215 6055 P. O. B o x 617 Fax +358 3 215 7150 33101 Tampere
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