A new approach to transitive expletives: Evidence from Belfast English

English Language and Linguistics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-299

  Henry, Alison ^a   Cottell, Siobhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51249146657     PISSN: 13606743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360674307002262     Document Type: Article

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