Structure-Sensitivity in Actuality: Notes from a Class of Preference Expressions
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University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics
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The paper deals with the development of certain preference expressions (in particular 'rather') against the background of language change. Following results from narrow syntax, a diachronic reanalysis at the level of Logical Form is proposed. Synchronically, certain actuality entailments (Bhatt 1999/2006) are observed and a structural analysis capitalizing on Hacquard (2009) is proposed.
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2011-01-01