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Vol. 4:2 (1980) ► pp.293–308

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Werner Abraham. Valence, semantic case and grammatical relations. [Studies in Language Companion Series, 1]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins B. V., 1978. xiv, 729 pp. $ 58.00 Cloth.

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Published online: 1 January 1980
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