Direct compositionality and 'uninterpretability': The case of (sometimes) 'uninterpretable' features on pronouns

Journal of Semantics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-343

  Jacobson, Pauline ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865371928     PISSN: 01675133     EISSN: 14774593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffs005     Document Type: Article

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