The referential-attributive distinction: A cognitive account

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-98

  Powell, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989382892     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.9.1.04pow     Document Type: Article

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