Passive and stative in Chichewa: Evidence for modular distinctions in grammar

Language

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 749-781

  Dubinsky, Stanley ^a   Simango, Silvester Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 1542713617     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/416101     Document Type: Article

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