Omnitemporal will

Language Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-119

  Ziegeler, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generic modals; Grammaticalisation; Referential specificity; Speaker knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 30144441720     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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