Argument-marking and the distribution of wh-phrases in Malagasy, Tagalog, and Tsou

Oceanic Linguistics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-190

  Law, Paul ^a  

^a Leibniz Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft   (Germany)

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EID: 33745915861     PISSN: 00298115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ol.2006.0013     Document Type: Article

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