Inferring from topics: Scalar implicatures as topic-dependent inferences

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-443

  Van Kuppevelt, Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 26444454467     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00630897     Document Type: Review

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