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An Intensional Parametric Semantics For Vague Quantifiers

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Lappin, S. An Intensional Parametric Semantics For Vague Quantifiers. Linguistics and Philosophy 23, 599–620 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005638918877

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