Tense and Modality in Nominals

Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 75, Issue , 2008, Pages 195-225

  Lecarme, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UMR 7110 Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle Université Paris Diderot   (France)

Author keywords

definite articles; demonstratives; evidentiality; modality; Tense; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101975824     PISSN: 09244670     EISSN: 22150358     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8354-9_9     Document Type: Chapter

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