Adjunct, modifier, discourse marker: On the various functions of right in the history of English

Folia Linguistica Historica

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 141-169

  Naya, Belén Méndez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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EID: 51249128397     PISSN: 0168647X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/flih.2006.27.1-2.141     Document Type: Review

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