@article{Amiraz_2020, title={Non-maximality and homogeneity: Parallels between collective predicates and absolute adjectives}, volume={24}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/853}, DOI={10.18148/sub/2020.v24i1.853}, abstractNote={<p>Sentences with definite plurals such as The kids laughed are known to display non- maximality and homogeneity. This is manifested not only in distributive predication but also in collective predication. However, I observe that collective predicates differ with respect to these properties: predicates like gather are non-maximal and homogeneous, while predicates like fit in the trunk are maximal and non-homogeneous. I argue that this distinction is parallel to a distinction in absolute gradable adjectives with totally-closed scales: gather patterns with adjectives like open, which have both maximum and minimum standard, while fit in the trunk patterns with adjectives like full, which only have a maximum standard. I account for the observed parallelism by analyzing collective predication using proportional scales.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Amiraz, Omri}, year={2020}, month={Sep.}, pages={66–83} }