Review of 'The fundamentally simple logic of language', by Luis H. González

Antonio Fábregas

doi:10.7557/1.13.2.7873

Authors

Antonio Fábregas Department of Language and Literature, NTNU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/1.13.2.7873

Keywords:

argument structure, linking, agenthood, patients, affectedness

Abstract

Review of the following book:

González, L. H. (2020). The fundamentally simple logic of language. Oxford: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003139225

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