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On the logical structure of comparatives

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Natural Language and Logic

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Pinkal, M. (1990). On the logical structure of comparatives. In: Studer, R. (eds) Natural Language and Logic. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 459. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53082-7_21

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