The hidden side of clausal complements

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 343-380

  Takahashi, Shoichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Anti )reconstruction; Clausal complements; Copy theory of movement; Counter cyclic merger; Determiners

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953352591     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-010-9091-3     Document Type: Article

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