Adjectival vs. nominal categorization processes: The rule vs. similarity hypothesis

Belgian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-147

  Sassoon, Galit W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 82955233624     PISSN: 07745141     EISSN: 15699676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/bjl.25.06sas     Document Type: Article

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