Three Readings of Most

In this paper we show that most DPs in subject position can receive three kinds of truth-condition, yielding a proportional reading, a 'regular' superlative reading and a 'partition-based' superlative reading. We propose an analysis of the three readings that views them as result...

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Main Authors: Kotek, Hadas (Author), Sudo, Yasutada (Author), Howard, Edwin Martin (Author), Hackl, Martin (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linguistic Society of America, 2020-09-17T21:16:19Z.
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