When the grammar doesn’t mind: True optionality

Biberauer, Theresa; Richards, Marc

doi:10.1075/la.91.08bib

In:Minimalist Essays
Edited by Cedric Boeckx
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 91] 2006
► pp. 35–67

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True optionality

When the grammar doesn’t mind

Theresa Biberauer

Marc Richards

Published online: 9 May 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.91.08bib

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