Animacy in early New Zealand english

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Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-263

  Hundt, Marianne ^a   Szmrecsanyi, Benedikt ^b  

^a Englisches Seminar   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

American and New Zealand English; Animacy; British; Genitive alternation; Progressive; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868235805     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.33.3.01hun     Document Type: Article

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