Cleft constructions in spoken language

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-206

  Weinert, Regina ^a   Miller, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030077529     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-2166(94)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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