Review of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar: The handbook, Second revised edition. Edited by Stefan M眉ller, Anne Abeill茅, Robert D. Borsley, and Jean-Pierre Koenig. (Empirically Oriented Theoretical Morphology and Syntax 9). Berlin: Language Science Press. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13637708
Reviewed by Boshra ElGhazoly (Menoufia University, Egypt and Taibah University, KSA)
SUMMARY
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