At least et al.: The semantics of scalar modifiers

Language

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-559

  Geurts, Bart ^a   Nouwen, Rick ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 41149109538     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2007.0115     Document Type: Article

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