Temporal reference in Mandarin Chinese

Journal of East Asian Linguistics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-311

  Lin, Jo Wang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 4043085541     PISSN: 09258558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023665301095     Document Type: Review

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