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Argument structure. By Jane Grimshaw. (Linguistic Inquiry monograph.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. Pp. ix, 202. $25.00.

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Argument structure. By Jane Grimshaw. (Linguistic Inquiry monograph.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. Pp. ix, 202. $25.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Annie Zaenen and
Adele E. Goldberg
Annie Zaenen*
Affiliation:
Rank Xerox Research Center, France
Adele E. Goldberg*
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
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Annie Zaenen, RXRC, 6 Chemin de Maupertuis, 238240 Meylan, France
Adele E. Goldberg, Linguistics Department, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093–0108
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Language , Volume 69 , Issue 4 , December 1993, pp. 807 - 817
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Copyright © 1993 Linguistic Society of America

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We wish to thank Farrell Ackerman, Joan Bresnan, Jean-Pierre Koenig, Joan Maling, Gillian Ramchand, and Tom Wasow for helpful comments on an earlier draft.

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