| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Note on Orthography and Tones |
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Introduction: In Search of Serial Verb Constructions |
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3 | (16) |
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Previous Research on SVCs |
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6 | (6) |
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6 | (2) |
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Principles and Parameters Approach |
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8 | (4) |
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On the Definition of SVCs |
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12 | (4) |
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Interpretation and Verb Sequencing Constraints |
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12 | (4) |
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16 | (3) |
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16 | (3) |
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Two Types of SVCs Versus Covert Coordinations |
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19 | (68) |
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Distribution and Licensing of Manner Adverbs |
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19 | (24) |
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I-type Adverb before First Verb |
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24 | (2) |
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I-type Adverb before Second Verb |
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26 | (10) |
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N-type Adverb after First Verb |
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36 | (4) |
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N-type Adverb after Second Verb |
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40 | (3) |
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Distribution of Adjuncts: Locative Prepositional Phrase |
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43 | (6) |
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Locative PP after First Verb |
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44 | (2) |
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Locative PP after Second Verb |
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46 | (3) |
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Consequences of Adverb and PP Placements |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (7) |
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Evidence for Empty Category: Adverbial Particle |
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51 | (3) |
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Null pro Licensing: Unaccusativity and Transitivity |
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54 | (3) |
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57 | (10) |
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Interpretation of Subject and Agent |
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57 | (5) |
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Distribution of Subject Pronoun |
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Subject-oriented Interpretation of `tobore |
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57 | (10) |
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Phonology-syntax Interface |
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67 | (7) |
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E-head and Relative Tones |
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68 | (1) |
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Wh-extraction and Relative Tones |
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69 | (5) |
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Resulative SVCs, Aspect, and Temporal Adverbs |
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74 | (7) |
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Differences in Aspectual Properties |
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74 | (1) |
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Process-Activity Restriction on First Verb |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (6) |
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81 | (6) |
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Predicate Cleft and Event Quantification in SVCs and CCs |
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87 | (30) |
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The Edo Predicate Cleft Construction |
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90 | (2) |
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Evidence for Category Conversion |
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90 | (2) |
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The Status of the Derived Nominal |
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92 | (3) |
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92 | (1) |
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Cognate Object as Event Argument |
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93 | (2) |
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The Syntax of Predicate Cleft |
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95 | (8) |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (10) |
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103 | (5) |
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Consequential SVCs and CCs |
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108 | (5) |
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113 | (4) |
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114 | (3) |
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Double Objects and Object Sharing in SVCs |
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117 | (28) |
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SVCs and the Double Object Construction |
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117 | (19) |
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DOCs and the Associative Construction |
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118 | (5) |
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DOCs in Resultative and Consequential SVCs |
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123 | (9) |
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132 | (4) |
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136 | (7) |
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The Asymmetry between the Theme and the Goal Objects |
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136 | (2) |
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Double Objects and the Empty Category Principle |
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138 | (2) |
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Underlying vs. Derived Objects |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (2) |
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143 | (2) |
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Comparative Analysis of SVCs and CCS |
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145 | (22) |
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On Structurally Ambiguous SVCs |
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145 | (4) |
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`Splitting Verbs' and Resultative SVCs |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (10) |
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Resultative V-V Compounds |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (3) |
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Verb Inflection and Multi-event Constructions |
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157 | (4) |
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161 | (4) |
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Resultative V-V Compounds |
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162 | (1) |
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Multi-event Constructions |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (2) |
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165 | (2) |
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The Serial Verb Construction Parameter |
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167 | (40) |
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Serial Verb Constructions and Secondary Predicates |
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167 | (6) |
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Towards the SVC Parameter: AP vs. VP Resultatives |
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173 | (5) |
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The Serial Verb Construction Parameter |
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178 | (24) |
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178 | (2) |
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180 | (8) |
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Igbo Resultative V-V Compounds |
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188 | (4) |
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English AP Resultative SPs |
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192 | (1) |
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V-Movement in Consequential SVCs and CCs |
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193 | (4) |
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Consequences of the V-raising Analysis |
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197 | (5) |
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Rule R' and Tense Matching in SVCs |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (3) |
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204 | (3) |
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Re-Analysis of `Serial Verb Constructions' |
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207 | (58) |
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The Modal-aspectual Verb Construction |
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208 | (10) |
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Contrast with SVCs: INFL vs. E Projection |
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208 | (2) |
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INFL before the Second Verb |
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210 | (1) |
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Evidence for Embedded Clause |
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211 | (6) |
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Modal-aspectual Verb Restriction |
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217 | (1) |
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Restructuring in the Modal-aspectual Verb Construction |
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218 | (25) |
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Evidence for Infinitival Complement |
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219 | (2) |
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Evidence for Restructuring |
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221 | (1) |
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Verb Raising and Object Cleft |
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222 | (3) |
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225 | (6) |
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The Class of Restructuring Verbs |
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231 | (2) |
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Syntactic Tests for Reconstructured Clause |
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233 | (1) |
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There are Two Subject Positions |
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234 | (2) |
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I-type Adverb before First Verb |
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236 | (1) |
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Iterative vs. Imperfective |
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237 | (3) |
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N-type Adverbs as VP Modifier |
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240 | (2) |
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Locative Prepositional Phrase |
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242 | (1) |
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On Instrumental Constructions |
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243 | (19) |
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Motivating Subject Control |
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245 | (1) |
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INFL before the Second Verb |
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246 | (3) |
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PRO Subject in Embedded Clause |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (2) |
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The Syntax of `use'-type Instrumental Construction |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (1) |
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Locative Prepositional Phrase |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (3) |
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262 | (3) |
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265 | (8) |
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On the Two Types of SVCs and the Covert Coordination |
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265 | (4) |
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266 | (1) |
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Lexical Constraints and Argument Sharing |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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Licensing of Object Sharing |
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267 | (1) |
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Licensing of Subject Sharing |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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On the Serial Verb Construction Parameter |
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269 | (3) |
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Other Surface Verb Constructions |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
| References |
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273 | (10) |
| Index |
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Rohkem infot Taylor & Francis e-raamatute kohta