'... That is the question': Complementizer omission in extraposed that-clauses

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 371-396

  Kaltenböck, Gunther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 44849124983     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674306001961     Document Type: Article

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