Variation and the minimalist program

Adger, David; Smith, Jennifer

doi:10.1075/cilt.265.10adg

In:Syntax and Variation: Reconciling the Biological and the Social
Edited by Leonie Cornips and Karen P. Corrigan
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 265] 2005
► pp. 149–178

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Variation and the minimalist program

David Adger

Jennifer Smith

Published online: 22 June 2005

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.265.10adg

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