@article{Bar-Lev_Margulis_2019, title={Hebrew kol: a universal quantifier as an undercover existential}, volume={18}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/304}, abstractNote={<p>Constructions containing the Hebrew determiner <em>kol</em> have a prominent interpretation as involving universal quantification. In light of this, it has traditionally and almost unarguably been considered to be truth-conditionally a universal quantifier. The goal of this paper is to argue that contrary to the widely accepted analysis, <em>kol</em> is an existential quantifier and that the universal import of constructions containing <em>kol</em> results from grammatical strengthening. Such an argument is backed by <em>kol</em>’s interpretation in Downward-Entailing environments, its behavior as a Free Choice item and more importantly, its indefinite interpretation in interrogatives. The proposal is carried out using a mechanism of exhaustification and the assumption that <em>kol</em> is special among existential quantifiers in lacking a scalar (i.e., universal) alternative.</p>}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Bar-Lev, Moshe E. and Margulis, Daniel}, year={2019}, month={May}, pages={60–76} }