Review of: Ł. Jędrzejowski, С. Fleczoreck (eds.). i>Micro- and macro- variation of causal clauses: Synchronic and diachronic insights. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2023. vii+353 pp. (Studies in Language Companion Series, 231.) ISBN 9789027213419.

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