Non-configurationality in Australian aboriginal languages

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-268

  Austin, Peter ^a   Bresnan, Joan ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345457028     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00133684     Document Type: Article

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