The grammar of demonstratives in Mandarin conversational discourse: A case study

Journal of Chinese Linguistics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-103

  Tao, Hongyin ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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