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Review published In: Studies in Language
Vol. 24:2 (2000) ► pp.470–477

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Betty J. Birner & Gregory Ward. Information status and noncanonical word order in English [Studies in Language Companion Series, 40]. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 19981998. xii + 314 pp. including index and bibliography. ISBN 90 272 3043 9NLG 138.001 55619 926 0USD 69.00

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Published online: 6 September 2000
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