What’s in a noun? (or: How do nouns differ in meaning from adjectives?)

Studies in Language

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 353-389

  Wierzbicka, Anna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84969461367     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.10.2.05wie     Document Type: Article

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