The universal density of measurement

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 537-586

  Fox, Danny ^a   Hackl, Martin ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparatives; Degrees; Exhaustivity; Implicature; Negative Islands; Number

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846562362     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10988-006-9004-4     Document Type: Article

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