Grammaticalization of the scalar focus particle lianin mandarin chinese

Journal of Historical Pragmatics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-106

  Xing, Janet Zhiqun ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248701437     PISSN: 15665852     EISSN: 15699854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jhp.5.1.05xin     Document Type: Article

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