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Book Title: Syntactic Argumentation And The Structure Of English
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Author: David M. Perlmutter, Scott Soames
Publication Name: Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 1979
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 618 Pages
