Impersonal null-subjects in Icelandic and elsewhere

Studia Linguistica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-185

  Sigursson, Halldór Ármann ^a   Egerland, Verner ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 61849094243     PISSN: 00393193     EISSN: 14679582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9582.2008.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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