Monotonicity properties of comparative determiners

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-336

  Smessaert, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0042464557     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00628202     Document Type: Article

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