English Constructions

The Handbook of English Linguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 343-355

  Goldberg, Adele E ^a   Casenhiser, Devin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English constructions; Generalizations; Literature; Semantic interpretation; Topicalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890638987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753002.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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