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Laurel J. Brinton, The comment clause in English: Syntactic origins and pragmatic developments (Studies in English Language). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xvii + 280.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2010

Nicole Dehé
Nicole Dehé*
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Institut für Englische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germanyndehe@zedat.fu-berlin.de
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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 129 - 135
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