On the linear order of ditransitive objects

Language Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-131

  Heine, Bernd ^a   König, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 70449530851     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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