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Aspects of english aspect: On the interaction of perfect, progressive and durational phrases

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Mittwoch, A. Aspects of english aspect: On the interaction of perfect, progressive and durational phrases. Linguist Philos 11, 203–254 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00632461

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