On the role of semantics in a theory of adverb syntax

Lingua

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1008-1033

  Ernst, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverbs; Functional heads; Negation; Scope

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947247703     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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