Linguistic-pragmatic factors in interpreting disjunctions

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-326

  Noveck, Ira A ^a   Chierchia, Gennaro ^b   Chevaux, Florelle ^a   Guelminger, Raphaelle ^a   Sylvestre, Emmanuel ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 84937382515     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780244000079     Document Type: Article

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