The emergence of emphatic 'ne' in conversational Swiss French

Journal of French Language Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-275

  Fonseca Greber, Bonnibeth Beale ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35048817362     PISSN: 09592695     EISSN: 14740079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959269507002992     Document Type: Article

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