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Review article published In: Functions of Language
Vol. 16:2 (2009) ► pp.265–281

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‘NP’ doesn’t say it all

The true diversity of nominal constituency types

 | University of Santiago de Compostela
Published online: 22 October 2009
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https://doi.org/10.1075/fol.16.2.04acu
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