Subset comparatives as comparative quantifiers
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Author(s)
Nussbaum, Miriam Claire
Advisor(s)
Martin Hackl.
Date Issued
2017
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This paper motivates and presents a novel analysis of the "subset comparative" construction (e.g. John saw more phonologists than just Mary; John drank more than just coffee). I build on Hackl (2000) and Alxatib (2013)'s analyses of comparative quantifiers (more than three) to develop a unified account for both. This analysis entails that subset comparatives are formed via ellipsis of a clausal source; I provide evidence for this claim and against previous analyses that give subset comparatives a phrasal analysis.
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Thesis: S.M. in Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-44).
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Linguistics and Philosophy.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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