The usefulness of the grammaticality-acceptability distinction in functional approaches to language

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The usefulness of the grammaticality-acceptability distinction in functional approaches to language. / Poulsen, Mads.

In: Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics , Vol. 41, No. 1, 2013, p. 4-21.

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Poulsen, M 2013, 'The usefulness of the grammaticality-acceptability distinction in functional approaches to language', Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics , vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 4-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.2011.735472

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Poulsen, M. (2013). The usefulness of the grammaticality-acceptability distinction in functional approaches to language. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics , 41(1), 4-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.2011.735472

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Poulsen M. The usefulness of the grammaticality-acceptability distinction in functional approaches to language. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics . 2013;41(1):4-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.2011.735472

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Poulsen, Mads. / The usefulness of the grammaticality-acceptability distinction in functional approaches to language. In: Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics . 2013 ; Vol. 41, No. 1. pp. 4-21.

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