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The end result(ative)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2026

Adele E. Goldberg  and
Ray Jackendoff
Adele E. Goldberg*
Affiliation:
Princeton University
Ray Jackendoff*
Affiliation:
Tufts University and Brandeis University
*
Goldberg Green Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 [adele@princeton.edu]
Volen Center for Complex Systems Brandeis University Waltham, MA 02454-9110 [jackendo@brandeis.edu]
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Language , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , June 2005 , pp. 474 - 477
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Copyright © 2005 Linguistic Society of America

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