Compounds don't come easy

Lingue e Linguaggio

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-104

  Delfitto, Denis ^a   Melloni, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antisymmetry; Compound phases; Economy principles; Interface conditions; Root compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952873009     PISSN: 17209331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1418/29339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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