What makes a few more than a lot: a study of context-dependent quantifiers
“Hey can you help me move? I warn you I have a lot of books, though.” When we interpret such sentences we might assume that our friend is implying that there will be some heavy lifting, because she own “a lot of books”. If you’re opposed to heavy lifting, you probably want to know how many books you...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7822 |