Confessions of a Lapsed Neo-Davidsonian: Events and Arguments in Compositional Semantics

✍ Scribed by Samuel L. Bayer

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 311
Series: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
Category: Library

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First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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