No momentary fancy! The zero 'complementizer' in English dialects

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-309

  Tagliamonte, Sali ^a   Smith, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248704160     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674305001644     Document Type: Article

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