A universal scale of comparison

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-55

  Bale, Alan Clinton ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparison; Degrees; Gradable adjectives; Linear orders; Scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049085048     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10988-008-9028-z     Document Type: Article

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