Functional shift as category underspecification

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 109-130

  Farrell, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34248720942     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1360674301000156     Document Type: Article

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