Existential sentences without existential quantification

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-392

  McNally, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 0038963335     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005389330615     Document Type: Review

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