A bi-polar theory of nominal and clause structure and function

Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-54

  Ball, Jerry T ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clause; Function; Head; Meaning; Nominal; Referential pole; Referring expression; Relational pole; Specifier; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749165414     PISSN: 15720268     EISSN: 15720276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/arcl.5.03bal     Document Type: Article

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