Penumbral connections in comparative constructions

DOI10.1080/11663081.2014.911519MaRDI QIDQ4583343zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Heather Burnett

Publication date 28 August 2018

Published in Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/11663081.2014.911519

zbMATH Keywords

vaguenessadjectivesscalarityevaluativitytrivalent logic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fuzzy logic; logic of vagueness (03B52) Logic of natural languages (03B65)

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