Argument-function mismatches in Mandarin resultatives: A lexical mapping account
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Argument-Function Mismatches in Mandarin Resultatives: A Lexical Mapping Account
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عنوان ژورنال: Lingua
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0024-3841
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2006.01.002