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Studies in Language
Vol. 29:3 (2005) ► pp.711–721
Book review

Mark C. Baker. Lexical Categories: Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives
Cambridge: CUP, 2003. 353 pp.

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Published online: 16 November 2005
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