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Kruijff-Korbayová, I., Webber, B.L. (2008). Interpreting Concession Statements In Light Of Information Structure. In: Bunt, H., Muskens, R. (eds) Computing Meaning. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 83. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5958-2_7
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