Language-internal explanation: The distribution of Russian impersonals

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Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 619-650

  Perlmutter, David M ^a   Moore, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038892152     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2003.0049     Document Type: Article

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