Prosodic evidence for incipient VO order in Old English

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-156

  Taylor, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248704480     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674305001504     Document Type: Article

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