What's 'what' in French questions

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 511-530

  Plunkett, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748034397     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226700008379     Document Type: Article

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