Scale structure, degree modification, and the semantics of gradable predicates

Language

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 345-381

  Kennedy, Christopher ^a   Mcnally, Louise ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 33746098275     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2005.0071     Document Type: Article

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