Parametric variation in the semantics of comparison: Japanese vs. English

Journal of East Asian Linguistics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-344

  Beck, Sigrid ^a,d   Oda, Toshiko ^b,d   Sugisaki, Koji ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TOKYO KEIZAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 12444303336     PISSN: 09258558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10831-004-1289-0     Document Type: Review

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