An A-binding asymmetry in null subject languages and its significance for universal grammar

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 167-177

  Panagiotidis, Phoevos ^a   Tsiplakou, Stavroula ^b  

^a CYPRUS COLLEGE   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 33645758235     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/ling.2006.37.1.167     Document Type: Review

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