On the characterization of alternatives

Natural Language Semantics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-107

  Fox, Danny ^a   Katzir, Roni ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Contextual restriction; Focus semantics; Relevance; Scalar implicature

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952985553     PISSN: 0925854X     EISSN: 1572865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11050-010-9065-3     Document Type: Article

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