Subset comparatives as comparative quantifiers

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Nussbaum, Miriam Claire
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.
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Martin Hackl.
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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.
 
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-44).
 
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2017
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113771
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Linguistics and Philosophy.
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