Non-projecting nouns and the Ezafe: Construction in Persian

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 729-788

  Ghomeshi, Jila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0040092331     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005886709040     Document Type: Article

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