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N. Yehuda Falk, Subjects and Universal Grammar: An explanatory theory (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 113). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xix+237.

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N. Yehuda Falk, Subjects and Universal Grammar: An explanatory theory (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 113). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xix+237.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2008

Anna Siewierska
Anna Siewierska*
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Lancaster University
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Author's address:Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YT, U.K.[email protected]
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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , July 2008 , pp. 530 - 534
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