A semantic characterization of natural language determiners

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DOI10.1007/BF00630273zbMath0633.03017MaRDI QIDQ3770504

Jonathan Stavi, Edward L. Keenan

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Linguistics and Philosophy (Search for Journal in Brave)




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