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Against compositionality: The case of adjectives

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I would like to thank Kit Fine and Dan Goldberg for their time and helpful comments on the paper.

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Lahav, R. Against compositionality: The case of adjectives. Philos Stud 57, 261–279 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00372697

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