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Phrasal or lexical constructions?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2026

Stefan Müller
Stefan Müller*
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University of Bremen
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Theoretische Linguistik/Computerlinguistik, Universität Bremen, Fachbereich 10, Postfach 33 04 40, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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Language , Volume 82 , Issue 4 , December 2006 , pp. 850 - 883
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