A theory of individual-level predicates based on blind mandatory scalar implicatures

Natural Language Semantics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-297

  Magri, Giorgio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare plurals; Individual level predicates; Scalar implicatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350037718     PISSN: 0925854X     EISSN: 1572865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11050-009-9042-x     Document Type: Article

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