An event structure account of English resultatives

Language

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 766-797

  Hovav, Malka Rappaport ^a   Levin, Beth ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042404990     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2001.0221     Document Type: Article

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