Superlative expressions, context, and focus

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 453-504

  Sharvit, Yael ^a   Stateva, Penka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 12444287610     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020875809794     Document Type: Article

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