Plural marking, indefiniteness, and the noun phrase

Studia Linguistica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 47-74

  Ghomeshi, Jila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1111/1467-9582.00099     Document Type: Article

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