From Lot's wife to a pillar of salt: Evidence that physical object is a sortal concept

Mind and Language

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 365-392

  Xu, Fei ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000750858     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.1997.tb00078.x     Document Type: Article

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