How to choose a possessive noun phrase construction in four easy steps

Studies in Language

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-35

  Anschutz, Arlea ^a,b  

^a BM Anglo Saxon ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84989377475     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.21.1.02ans     Document Type: Article

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