"As far as . . ."

Fri Apr 6 20:55:57 UTC 2007

On Apr 6, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Charlie Doyle wrote:

> Have we (i.e. on this list) discussed the use of unresolved "as far
> as"-...

i'm not sure how many times i've cited this source here or on the
Language Log, but here's *one more* time:

Rickford, John R.; Thomas A. Wasow; Norma Mendoza-Denton; & Juli
Espinoza.  1995.  Syntactic variation and change in progress: Loss of
the verbal coda in topic-restricting as far as constructions.  Lg
71.1.102-31.

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