Inchoativity, change of state, and telicity: evidence from Spanish reflexive psychological verbs
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Inchoativity, change of state, and telicity: Evidence from Spanish reflexive psychological verbs
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عنوان ژورنال: Natural Language & Linguistic Theory
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0167-806X,1573-0859
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-011-9127-3