On the interpretation of disjunction: Asymmetric, incremental, and eager for inconsistency

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-260

  Singh, Raj ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Disjunction; Exhaustivity; Hurford's Constraint; Incremental interpretation; Local implicatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349111328     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10988-008-9038-x     Document Type: Article

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