Generics

Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 355-366

  Leslie, Sarah Jane ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203206966-38     Document Type: Chapter

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