Temporal interpretation in Mandarin Chinese

Linguistics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 713-756

  Smith, Carlota S ^a   Erbaugh, And Mary S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 22944448411     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.2005.43.4.713     Document Type: Review

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