Relative readings of many, often, and generics

Natural Language Semantics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-67

  Cohen, Ariel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 26444459290     PISSN: 0925854X     EISSN: 1572865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017913406219     Document Type: Article

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