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Parameter Preservation at the Syntax-PF Interface: The Ba Construction Revisited Cover

Parameter Preservation at the Syntax-PF Interface: The Ba Construction Revisited

By: Chih-hsiang Shu  
Open Access
|Jun 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scl-2018-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2470-8275 | Journal ISSN: 1017-1274
Language: English
Page range: 29 - 66
Submitted on: Dec 13, 2016
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Accepted on: Jun 28, 2018
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Published on: Jun 1, 2018
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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