Aspects of root infinitives

Lingua

Volumn 106, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 81-112

  Hoekstra, Teun ^a   Hyams, Nina ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Eventivity; Modality; Root infinitives; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002000399     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3841(98)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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