Empty subjects in Finnish and Hebrew

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 613-671

  Vainikka, Anne ^a   Levy, Yonata ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0343417735     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006225032592     Document Type: Article

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