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The Computation of Scalar Implicatures: Pragmatic, Lexical or Grammatical?

  1. Uli Sauerland†

Article first published online: 2 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/lnc3.321

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Language and Linguistics Compass

Language and Linguistics Compass

Volume 6, Issue 1, pages 36–49, January 2012

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Sauerland, U. (2012), The Computation of Scalar Implicatures: Pragmatic, Lexical or Grammatical?. Language and Linguistics Compass, 6: 36–49. doi: 10.1002/lnc3.321

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