Pragmatic and historical aspects of definite article reduction in northern english dialects

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Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-346

  Rupp, Laura ^a   Page Verhoeff, Hanne ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaphoric reference; Definite article; Northern English dialect; Reduction; Shared knowledge; Situational reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248692947     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.26.3.05rup     Document Type: Article

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