What do subject pronouns do in discourse? Cognitive, mechanical and constructional factors in variation

Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 711-748

  Travis, Catherine E ^a   Cacoullos, Rena Torres ^a  

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Author keywords

Accessibility; Constructions; Contrast; Prefabs; Priming; Subject expression; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870167086     PISSN: 09365907     EISSN: 16133641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cog-2012-0022     Document Type: Article

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