Scopal independence: A note on branching and wide scope readings of indefinites and disjunctions

Journal of Semantics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-314

  Schlenker, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

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EID: 33748094456     PISSN: 01675133     EISSN: 14774593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffl005     Document Type: Article

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