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Person agreement and the determination of alignment. / Siewierska, Anna.
In: Transactions of the Philological Society, Vol. 101, No. 2, 08.2003, p. 339-370.

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Siewierska, A 2003, 'Person agreement and the determination of alignment.', Transactions of the Philological Society, vol. 101, no. 2, pp. 339-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.00122

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Siewierska, A. (2003). Person agreement and the determination of alignment. Transactions of the Philological Society, 101(2), 339-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968X.00122

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Siewierska A. Person agreement and the determination of alignment. Transactions of the Philological Society. 2003 Aug;101(2):339-370. doi: 10.1111/1467-968X.00122

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Siewierska, Anna. / Person agreement and the determination of alignment. In: Transactions of the Philological Society. 2003 ; Vol. 101, No. 2. pp. 339-370.

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