Gradient auxiliary selection and impersonal passivization in German: An experimental investigation

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-108

  Keller, Frank ^a   Sorace, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2642561954     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226702001676     Document Type: Article

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