Extraposed subjects vs. postverbal complements: On the so-called obligatory extraposition

Studia Neophilologica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-59

  Seppanen, Aimo ^a   Herriman, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.1080/00393270252956188     Document Type: Article

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