Constraints on nonstandard -s in expletive there sentences: A generative-variationist perspective

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-288

  Rupp, Laura ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33750186668     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674305001656     Document Type: Article

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