Introduction published in:
Into adpositions: New formal perspectives on the structure of the PP and its variation
Edited by Víctor Acedo-Matellán, Theresa Biberauer, Jaume Mateu and Anna Pineda
[Linguistic Variation 21:1] 2021
► pp. 1–10
Introduction

Into adpositions

New formal perspectives on the structure of the PP and its variation

| University of Oxford
| University of Cambridge | Stellenbosch University | University of the Western Cape
| Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
| Sorbonne Université
Published online: 18 February 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/lv.00039.int
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