Existential Sentences in English

269 Pages·2014·4.338 MB·English

by  Milsark, Gary L.

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EXISTENTIAL SENTENCES IN
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EXISTENTIAL SENTENCES IN
ENGLISH
GARY LEE MILSARK
R
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Existential Sentences
in English
Gary L. Milsark
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1979
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Milsark, Gary L 1946-
Existential sentences in English.
(Outstanding dissertations in linguistics; 19)
Originally presented as the author's thesis, MIT,
1974.
Bibliography: p.
1. English language-Sentences. 2. English
language-Grammar, Generative. I. Title.
II. Series.
PE1385.M5 1979 425 78-66570
ISBN 0-8240-9678-9
© 1979 Gary Lee Milsark
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EXISTENTIAL SENTENCES IN ENGLISH
by
GARY LEE MILSARK
B.A •• Indiana University
1968
A.M., Indiana University
1969
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAl FULFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY
at the
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
September, 1974
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to Kathy,
without whom there would be
no Existential Sentences in English,
and a very different Gary