Adjectives in Modern Greek: An instance of predication, or an old issue revisited

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-112

  Stavrou, Melita ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 85010186582     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226700000773     Document Type: Article

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