Universals and grammaticality: Wh-constraints in German and English

Linguistics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 667-711

  Featherston, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 12944311434     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.2005.43.4.667     Document Type: Article

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