Compound nominals, context, and compositionality

Synthese

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-204

  Weiskopf, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 34047114304     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-005-3489-1     Document Type: Article

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