Neg-to-Q: The historical origin and development of question particles in Chinese

Linguistic Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-447

  Aldridge, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 80755169638     PISSN: 01676318     EISSN: 16133676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/tlir.2011.012     Document Type: Article

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