The focus and prosodic structure of German Right Node Raising and Gapping

Linguistic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-116

  Féry, Caroline ^a   Hartmann, Katharina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84860970810     PISSN: 01676318     EISSN: 16133676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/tlir.2005.22.1.69     Document Type: Review

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