Agentivity and the history of the English Progressive

Transactions of the Philological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-101

  Ziegeler, Debra ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 15244354696     PISSN: 00791636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-968X.00045     Document Type: Article

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