Animacy, agentivity, and the spread of the progressive in Modern English

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-69

  Hundt, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 34248712069     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674304001248     Document Type: Article

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