On links and tails in Italian

Lingua

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 756-781

  Brunetti, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

(Clitic) left right dislocation; Contrast; Link; Post focal background; Tail; Topic

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849113420     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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