motivations in Chinese grammar: Iconicity

Tai, James H.-Y.

doi:10.1075/cilt.98.14tai

In:Principles and Prediction: The analysis of natural language
Edited by Mushira Eid and Gregory Iverson
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 98] 1993
► pp. 153–174

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Iconicity

motivations in Chinese grammar

James H.-Y. Tai

Published online: 25 March 1993

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.98.14tai

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