Opposite constraints: Left and right focus-alignment in Kanakuru

Lingua

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 111-130

  Samek Lodivici, Vieri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 0041783322     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3841(97)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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