The interpretation of functional heads: Using comparatives to explore the mass/count distinction

Journal of Semantics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-252

  Bale, Alan C ^a   Barner, David ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 68949184991     PISSN: 01675133     EISSN: 14774593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffp003     Document Type: Article

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