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Partitives, Comparatives and Proportional Measurement
This chapter discusses the interaction between partitive constructions and the grammar of measurementMeasurement. It begins by reviewing Solt 2018,...
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Reduced NP comparatives in Korean and their implications
In this paper, I examine a novel type of comparative construction in Korean, namely, reduced NP comparatives (RNC), and consider its implications. On...
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Is degree abstraction a parameter or a universal? Evidence from Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese, along with Japanese, Yorùbá, Mòoré, and Samoan, has been argued to lack ‘degree abstraction’, a configuration at LF involving...
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There is only one más: Spanish que/de comparative alternation
Spanish has two forms to introduce comparative standards: que ‘that’ and de ‘of.’ The comparative morpheme is always the same más ‘-er/more.’ While que ...
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Same and different are additive presupposition triggers
We propose an account of interpretive effects involving same and different , relying on two claims: the first is that same and different are able to...
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Maximality Trouble? Japanese-Speaking Children’s Interpretation of Comparatives
ThisMaximality study examines whether JapaneseJapanese-speaking children are able to interpret predicative comparativesComparatives with the phrasal...
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Extending the typology of quantifier particles
The Sakha particle da(ɣanï) has a restricted, semantically varied distribution. It appears in three main roles: negative polarity item (NPIs), a...
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Mental states via possessive predication: the grammar of possessive experiencer complex predicates in Persian
Persian possesses a number of stative complex predicates with dâshtan ‘to have’ that express certain kinds of mental state. I propose that these posses...
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The Perils of Interpreting Comparatives with Pronouns for Children and Adults
We present the results of three experiments investigating the interpretation of comparative constructions involving pronominal reference in which...
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Root suppletion in Swedish as contextual allomorphy
The present article provides a case study of the forms corresponding to the meaning ‘small’ in Swedish, which exhibit a number-based suppletive...
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Conclusions and Extensions
The findings of the book are summarized given the so-called “only-implicature generalization”. It is shown that, though at first glance the central...
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One more comparative
Spanish comparatives have two morphemes that can introduce the standard of comparison: the complementizer que (‘that’) and the preposition de ...
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On von Stechow’s “Comparing Semantic Theories of Comparison”
The syntax and semantics of expressions used to represent comparison is a central topic in linguistic theory. Arnim von Stechow was interested in how...
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On the Status of Post-nominal Q Superlatives in Romanian
The literature on quantity superlatives has yet to arrive at a consensus on their status in Romanian, particularly when occurring in post-nominal...
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Language change and the Degree Semantics Parameter
Beck et al. (
2009 ) and much follow-up research (including Bochnak2015 ; Bowler2016 ; Deal and Hohaus2019 ) argue that languages systematically differ...
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Gender Hypercharacterization in Modern Judeo-Spanish Adjectives
This chapter investigates Judeo-Spanish denominal adjectives in -al/-ar in the context of hypercharacterization (Malkiel, Archivum Linguisticum 9:...
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Superlative displacement in ‘sandwich’ scenarios
This article seeks to reconcile the ‘movement’ account of the interpretation of superlative and comparative degree quantifiers with a class of...
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Comparing Comparatives: The Argumentative Force of Comparative Quantifiers
This study investigates the difference between more than n and at least n + 1. It is observed that these two quantifiers can generate different...
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Modification of Measure Nouns
This chapter reports the results of an investigation into adjectival modification of measure nouns in a corpus of English. The data shed light on the...
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Modified Numerals, Vagueness, and Scale Granularity
A key prerequisite for drawing the quantity implicature from ‘three’ to ‘not more than three’ in e.g. ‘Nigel has three children’ is the assumption...