Pragmatic properties of certain German and English left peripheral constructions

Linguistics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-129

  Frey, Werner ^a,b  

^a Berlin   (Germany)

^b ZAS/Phonetik   (Germany)

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EID: 13244257051     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.2005.43.1.89     Document Type: Review

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