Cognitive universals and linguistic conventions: The case of resumptive pronouns

Studies in Language

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-269

  Ariel, Mira ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84989368527     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.23.2.02ari     Document Type: Article

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