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Vol. 24:3 (2000) ► pp.683–694

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Maarten Lemmens. Lexical Perspectives on Transitivity and Ergativity: Causative Constructions in English [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 166]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1998. xii + 268 pp.

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Published online: 16 March 2001
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