Person agreement and the determination of alignment

Transactions of the Philological Society

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-370

  Siewierska, Anna ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248711825     PISSN: 00791636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-968X.00122     Document Type: Article

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