Checking economy

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-444

  Ndayiragije, Juvénal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric checking theory; Economy; Equidistance; Last Resort; Merge; Multiple specifiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039500548     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/002438999554129     Document Type: Article

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