Misumi Sadler. Grammar in Use across Time and Space. Deconstructing the Japanese ‘Dative Subject’ Construction [Studies in Discourse and Grammar, 20]. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2007. ISBN 978-90-272-2630-3 xiv + 212 pp.

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Published online: 18 June 2010

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Misumi Sadler. Grammar in Use across Time and Space. Deconstructing the Japanese ‘Dative Subject’ Construction [Studies in Discourse and Grammar, 20]. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2007. ISBN 978-90-272-2630-3 xiv + 212 pp.