Deriving object-verb order in late Middle English

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 485-509

  Van Der Wurff, Wim ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85008574107     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226797006531     Document Type: Article

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