Intensive and quotative all: Something old, something new

American Speech

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-31

  Rickford, John R ^a   Wasow, Thomas ^a   Zwicky, Arnold ^a   Buchstaller, Isabelle ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34249843967     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-2007-001     Document Type: Article

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