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The irrelevance of transformational omnipotence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Geoffrey Sampson
Geoffrey Sampson
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Department of Language Studies, London School of Economics
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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , September 1973 , pp. 299 - 302
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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