Rethinking the passive/anticausative distinction

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 770-780

  Kallulli, Dalina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 37649010338     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/ling.2007.38.4.770     Document Type: Note

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