Passessive noun phrases in Maltese: Alienability, iconicity, and grammaticalization

Italian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 245-274

  Koptjevskaja Tamm, Maria ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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