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Brief Article

Isomorphism for All (but Not Both): Floating as a Means to Investigate Scope

Lyn TieuÉcole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, CNRSCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 310-325 | Received 20 Mar 2014, Accepted 23 Dec 2014, Published online: 17 Mar 2015

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