Symmetries and asymmetries: Their grammar, typology and parsing

Theoretical Linguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-150

  Hawkins, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85015410814     PISSN: 03014428     EISSN: 16134060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/thli.2002.28.2.95     Document Type: Article

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