Subject ellipsis in embedded clauses in English

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-145

  Haegeman, Liliane ^a   Ihsane, Tabea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0040548057     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674399000155     Document Type: Article

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