Three Readings of Most
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Author(s)
Kotek, Hadas
Sudo, Yasutada
Howard, Edwin Martin
Hackl, Martin
Date Issued
September 2011
Journal
SALT Proceedings
Publisher
Linguistic Society of America
Citation
Kotek, Hadas et al. "Three Readings of Most." SALT Proceedings, May 2011, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Linguistic Society of America, September 2011.
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Final published version
Abstract
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 resulting from the interaction of several components, including (a generalized version of) the superlative operator -est, covert and overt movement, and focus. Furthermore, we explain how movement affects the distribution of readings of most.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v21i0.2621
