Auxiliary inversions and the notion ‘default specification’

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-56

  Green, Georgia M ^a   Morgan, Jerry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 85010126290     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002222670000075X     Document Type: Article

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