Review published In:
Journal of Historical PragmaticsVol. 11:2 (2010) ► pp.315–318
Book review
. Grammar in Use across Time and Space. Deconstructing the Japanese ‘Dative Subject’ Construction [Studies in Discourse and Grammar, 20]. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2007. ISBN 978-90-272-2630-3 xiv + 212 pp.
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