Prosody and recursion in coordinate structures and beyond

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-237

  Wagner, Michael ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bracketing paradoxes; Lists; Prosody; Recursion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649228882     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-009-9086-0     Document Type: Article

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