The semantics and pragmatics of irrealis mood in Nyulnyulan languages

Oceanic Linguistics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-379

  McGregor, William B ^a   Wagner, Tamsin ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Scribe Publications Pty Ltd   (Australia)

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EID: 33846877156     PISSN: 00298115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ol.2007.0005     Document Type: Article

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