Functional and formal constraints on the emergence of epistemic modality: A longitudinal study on French

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Volumn 16, Issue 46, 1996, Pages 077-113

  Bassano, Dominique ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Psychologie Expérimentale URA 316   (France)

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EID: 0346593222     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272379601604605     Document Type: Article

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