Quantification at the Syntax-Semantics Interface: Greek Every NPs (University of Patras, 2014)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Greek Linguistics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1566-5844,1569-9846
DOI: 10.1163/15699846-01501006