Indefinites in Comparatives
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| Publication date | 2011 |
| Journal | Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory |
| Event | Semantics and Linguistic Theory 21 (SALT 21) |
| Volume | Issue number | 21 |
| Pages (from-to) | 19-38 |
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| Abstract | The goal of this paper is to explain the meaning and distribution of indefinites in comparatives, focusing on the case of English 'some' and 'any' and German 'irgend'-indefinites. We combine three competing theories of comparatives with an alternative semantics of 'some' and 'any', and a novel account of stressed 'irgend'-indefinites. One of the resulting theories, based on Heim's (2006) analysis of comparatives, predicts all the relevant differences in quantificational force, and explains why free choice indefinites are licensed in comparatives. |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | Proceedings of the 21st Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 20 - May 22, 2011, edited by Neil Ashton, Anca Chereches, and David Lutz. |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v21i0.2602 |
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