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Twigs, Sequences and the Temporal Constitution of Predicates

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Zucchi, S., White, M. Twigs, Sequences and the Temporal Constitution of Predicates. Linguistics and Philosophy 24, 223–270 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005690022190

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