Utility and language generation: The case of vagueness

Journal of Philosophical Logic

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-632

  van Deemter, Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language generation; Utility; Vagueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149121543     PISSN: 00223611     EISSN: 15730433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10992-009-9114-x     Document Type: Article

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