The pragmatics of obligatory adjuncts

Language

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 798-814

  Goldberg, Adele E ^b   Ackerman, Farrell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0041402614     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2001.0219     Document Type: Article

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