Emerging variation: Determiner genitives and noun modifiers in English

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-189

  Rosenbach, Anette ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 36549043756     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674306002140     Document Type: Article

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