Generics articulate default generalizations

Recherches Linguistiques de Vincennes

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-44

  Leslie, Sarah Jane ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Default generalizations; Generics; Quantifiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871853204     PISSN: 09866124     EISSN: 19589239     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4000/rlv.2048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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