First and last as superlatives of before and after

First and last have been variously described as ordinals, superlatives, or both. These descriptions are generally not accompanied by extensive argumentation, and those who label first and last as superlatives do not present and argue for a particular decomposition. Thus, first and last’s status as o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alstott, Johanna
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2025
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/158273