What are S, A, and O?

Studies in Language

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 569-596

  Mithun, Marianne ^a   Chafe, Wallace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84989395457     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.23.3.05mit     Document Type: Article

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