Focus Association and the Scope of Superlative -est

Authors

  • Barbara Tomaszewicz
  • Roumyana Pancheva

Abstract

We offer evidence from Bulgarian that when the superlative quantifier -est undergoes QR from a DP into the clause, it obligatorily associates with focus, whereas when -est QRs internally to the superlative DP, it may but does not have to associate with focus.

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Vol. 20 (2016): Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 20

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How to Cite

Focus Association and the Scope of Superlative -est. (2019). Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 20, 748-760. https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/293

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