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Special issue: Different perspectives on proper noun modifiers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2019

TINE BREBAN  and
JULIA KOLKMANN
TINE BREBAN
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics and English LanguageThe University of ManchesterOxford Road Manchester M13 9PLUnited [email protected]
JULIA KOLKMANN
Affiliation:
Department of Language and Linguistic ScienceUniversity of YorkYork YO10 5DDUnited [email protected]
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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 23 , Special Issue 4: Different perspectives on proper noun modifiers , December 2019 , pp. 749 - 758
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Tine Breban gratefully acknowledges the support of the AHRC (Leadership Fellowship AH/N002911/1).

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