On the comparative and absolute readings of superlatives

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 417-455

  Farkas, Donka F ^a   Kiss, Katalin É ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

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EID: 33745185392     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006431429816     Document Type: Review

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