Comparative and superlative quantifiers: Pragmatic effects of comparison type

Journal of Semantics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-305

  Cummins, Chris ^a   Katsos, Napoleon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955865437     PISSN: 01675133     EISSN: 14774593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffq006     Document Type: Article

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