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Postposing and Information Structure in English and Farsi/Persian Cover

Postposing and Information Structure in English and Farsi/Persian

By: Soheila Shafiei  
Open Access
|May 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734
Language: English
Page range: 48 - 55
Published on: May 1, 2014
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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