The modifier effect and property mutability

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-248

  Hampton, James A ^a   Passanisi, Alessia ^b   Jönsson, Martin L ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compositionality; Concepts; Modifier; Mutability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951578383     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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