Indefinites in comparatives
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| Publication date | 2014 |
| Journal | Natural Language Semantics |
| Volume | Issue number | 22 | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 145-167 |
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| Abstract | The goal of this paper is to explain the meaning and distribution of indefinites in comparatives, focusing on English some and any and German irgend-indefinites. We consider three competing theories of comparatives in combination with an alternative semantics of some and any, and a novel account of stressed irgend-indefinites. One of the resulting accounts, based on Heim’s analysis of comparatives, predicts all the relevant differences in quantificational force, and explains why free choice indefinites are licensed in comparatives. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11050-013-9103-z
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