Comparative correlatives comparatively

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 497-532

  Dikken, Marcel Den ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

(Comparative) correlative; (Null) demonstrative; (Null) operator; Degree; Measure; Relative clause

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844476609     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/002438905774464377     Document Type: Review

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