Modal Superlatives And 3-Place Vs. 2-Place -Est
<p>Superlative sentences with modal modifiers like <em>possible</em> give rise to the so-called 'modal superlative reading' (Larson 2000, Schwarz 2005). The present paper uses this reading to investigate an open issue in degree constructions: whereas two different lexical...
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| Language: | English |
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New Prairie Press
2010-12-01
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| Series: | The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4148/biyclc.v6i0.1577 |