On some problems of (in)definiteness within flexible semantics

Lingua

Volumn 115, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 767-786

  Winter, Yoad ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Choice; DP; Function; Indefinite; Noun; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244341615     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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