The case of PRO

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 403-450

  Sigurosson, Halldór Ármann ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agreement; Case; Case transmission; Control; Icelandic; Person; PRO

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549103926     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-008-9040-6     Document Type: Article

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