Givenness, avoidf and other constraints on the placement of accent

Natural Language Semantics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-177

  Schwarzschild, Roger ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8744231009     PISSN: 0925854X     EISSN: 1572865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008370902407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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