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The grammar of case: towards a localistic theory

John M. Anderson, Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 4, Cambridge University Press, 1971. Pp. x + 244

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We should like to thank John Anderson, Ron Asher, John Lyons, Jim Miller and Ramu Reddy for their comments on an earlier version of this paper. They do not necessarily agree with the opinions expressed here, and any mistakes that remain are our own.

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Bauer, L., Boagey, W. The grammar of case: towards a localistic theory. Linguistic and Philosophy 1, 119–152 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00351940

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