The role of semantics, argument structure, and lexicalization in compound stress assignment in english

Language

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 760-794

  Plag, Ingo ^a   Kunter, Gero ^a   Lappe, Sabine ^a   Braun, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 67651230571     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: 15350665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.0.0072     Document Type: Article

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