Article published In: IPrA Papers in Pragmatics
Vol. 2:1/2 (1988) ► pp.136–146
Possessives vs. indefinites
Pragmatic inference and determiner choice in English
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Published online: 1 January 1988
https://doi.org/10.1075/iprapip.2.1-2.06bir
https://doi.org/10.1075/iprapip.2.1-2.06bir
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