Agreement, shells, and focus

Language

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 287-313

  Simpson, Andrew ^a   Wu, Zoe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038891977     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2002.0058     Document Type: Article

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