The semantics and pragmatics of topic phrases

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-157

  Portner, Fall ^a   Yabushita, Katsuhiko ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

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EID: 0011177787     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005311504497     Document Type: Article

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