Referent introductions in Spanish narratives as a function of contextual constraints: A crosslinguistic perspective

First Language

Volumn 17, Issue 51, 1997, Pages 103-130

  Kail, Michèle ^a   Lopez, Ines Sanchez y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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EID: 84991463750     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014272379701705105     Document Type: Editorial

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