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Some fundamental concepts for semantics |
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Human language and semantics |
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5 | (3) |
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The metalanguage: the language of the semantic theory |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (5) |
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Speakers, speech acts, hearers and overhearers |
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15 | (5) |
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Context and common ground |
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20 | (7) |
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Maxims of the cooperative principle, and the principle of relevance |
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27 | (7) |
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34 | (4) |
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38 | (3) |
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Words and worlds and reference |
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41 | (34) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (2) |
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Sentence meaning, utterance meaning, and speaker meaning |
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43 | (2) |
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An informal description of reference, denotation, extension, and intension |
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45 | (9) |
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When there is no extension or extension is uncertain |
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54 | (8) |
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Extensionality and generics |
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62 | (3) |
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Some characteristic forms of anaphora: multiple references to something |
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65 | (5) |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (2) |
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The lexicon and the encyclopedia |
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75 | (32) |
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75 | (1) |
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The main components of a lexicon entry |
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75 | (5) |
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76 | (1) |
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Morphosyntactic specifications |
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77 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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The necessary specifications |
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79 | (1) |
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The networked components in a lexicon entry |
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80 | (4) |
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The lexicon gives the meanings of listemes, the encyclopedia gives information about their denotata |
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84 | (4) |
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Names as rigid designators |
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88 | (8) |
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Proper names in the lexicon |
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96 | (3) |
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The lexicon is part of the encyclopedia |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (3) |
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107 | (40) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (11) |
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Polyword listemes: compounds, phrasal verbs, and idioms |
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119 | (13) |
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121 | (4) |
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Phrasal verbs are compounds, but some are discontinuous |
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125 | (1) |
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Idioms are phrasal or clausal listemes |
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126 | (6) |
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Polyword listemes: conclusions |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (9) |
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141 | (3) |
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144 | (3) |
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The power of words: connotation and jargon |
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147 | (34) |
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147 | (1) |
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Connotation, euphemism, and dysphemism |
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147 | (2) |
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Connotations in naming and addressing and their effects on vocabulary |
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149 | (7) |
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Empowerment and danger in knowing the name: how this affects vocabulary |
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156 | (2) |
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Why dirt clings: the power of naturalist beliefs |
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158 | (4) |
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Upgrades, downgrades, and deceptions |
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162 | (2) |
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Sources for euphemisms and dysphemisms: revising the vocabulary of a language |
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164 | (5) |
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Jargon is the language peculiar to a trade, profession, or other group |
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169 | (8) |
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177 | (3) |
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180 | (1) |
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Semantic relations between sentences |
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181 | (36) |
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181 | (1) |
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Propositional calculus: a brief sketch |
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182 | (6) |
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Entailments and conventional implicatures |
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188 | (4) |
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Conversational implicature |
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192 | (12) |
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Presuppositions and preconditions on illocutions |
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204 | (7) |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (3) |
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Predicate logic, sets, and lambda: tools for semantic analysis |
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217 | (30) |
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217 | (1) |
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Lp, the language of predicate logic |
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217 | (6) |
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223 | (4) |
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227 | (5) |
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232 | (5) |
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237 | (5) |
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242 | (3) |
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245 | (2) |
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Frames, fields, and semantic components |
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247 | (40) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (3) |
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Frames and selection restrictions |
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251 | (6) |
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Semantic fields and relations within them |
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257 | (11) |
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Componential analysis of listemes into their semantic components |
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268 | (7) |
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Semantic primitives and the definition of listeme meanings |
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275 | (7) |
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282 | (3) |
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285 | (2) |
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Cognitive semantics: backs, colours, and classifiers |
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287 | (34) |
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287 | (2) |
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The meanings of the English words back: the human-centredness of language |
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289 | (12) |
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Colours and Vantage Theory |
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301 | (6) |
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The semantics of classifiers |
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307 | (9) |
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316 | (3) |
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319 | (2) |
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Using the typical denotatum to identify the intended referent |
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321 | (22) |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (11) |
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Stereotypes and Gestalten |
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333 | (1) |
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Intension and the typical denotatum |
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334 | (2) |
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336 | (2) |
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338 | (3) |
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341 | (2) |
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Mood, tense, modality, and thematic roles |
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343 | (38) |
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343 | (1) |
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Mood as primary illocution |
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343 | (10) |
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353 | (5) |
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Modals such as will, can, may, must |
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358 | (9) |
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Stepping stones through the quagmire of thematic roles |
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367 | (9) |
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376 | (2) |
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378 | (3) |
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The semantics of clause predicates |
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381 | (38) |
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381 | (1) |
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Jackendoff's `lexical conceptual structures' for verbs |
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381 | (11) |
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The logical structures of predicates in Role and Reference Grammar |
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392 | (15) |
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Aspect-based verb classes |
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392 | (2) |
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394 | (2) |
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396 | (2) |
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398 | (4) |
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402 | (1) |
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403 | (1) |
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404 | (1) |
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405 | (1) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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Comparing two approaches to the lexical decomposition of clause predicates |
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407 | (6) |
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413 | (3) |
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416 | (3) |
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419 | (56) |
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419 | (1) |
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Countability in English NPs |
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420 | (7) |
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Countability and individuation |
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420 | (1) |
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421 | (2) |
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423 | (1) |
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424 | (3) |
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427 | (3) |
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Preliminaries for a semantics of English quantifiers |
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430 | (4) |
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Compositional quantification |
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434 | (6) |
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The as a universal quantifier |
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440 | (11) |
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Relationships among quantifiers |
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451 | (10) |
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Scope relations between quantifiers |
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461 | (3) |
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464 | (2) |
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The semantics and pragmatics of simple classificatory sentences |
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466 | (2) |
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468 | (5) |
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473 | (2) |
| Epilogue |
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475 | (4) |
| References with selective annotations |
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479 | (32) |
| Index |
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