3. Argument structure constructions and the argument-adjunct distinction

Kay, Paul

doi:10.1075/cal.4.05kay

In:Grammatical Constructions: Back to the roots
Edited by Mirjam Fried and Hans C. Boas
[Constructional Approaches to Language 4] 2005
► pp. 71–98

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3. Argument structure constructions and the argument-adjunct distinction

Paul Kay

Published online: 14 December 2005

https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.4.05kay

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