VOS as predicate fronting in Chol

Lingua

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 354-378

  Coon, Jessica ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chol; Mayan; Predicate fronting; VOS; Word order

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450285454     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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