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Three Readings of Most

Author(s) -

Hadas Kotek,

Yasutada Sudo,

Edwin Howard,

Martin Hackl

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

proceedings from semantics and linguistic theory

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2163-5951

pISSN - 2163-5943

DOI - 10.3765/salt.v0i0.2621

Subject(s) - superlative , covert , reading (process) , partition (number theory) , subject (documents) , operator (biology) , focus (optics) , computer science , position (finance) , mathematics , linguistics , combinatorics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , finance , repressor , library science , transcription factor , optics , economics , gene

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.

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