On Prosody and Focus in Object Shift

Syntax

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-264

  Mikkelsen, Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79960461185     PISSN: 13680005     EISSN: 14679612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9612.2011.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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