@article{Thomas_Deo_2020, title={The interaction of just with modified scalar predicates}, volume={24}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/902}, DOI={10.18148/sub/2020.v24i2.902}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>It remains an open question whether the range of uses associated with the English particle<em> just</em> can be analyzed uniformly. Much previous literature has focused on the exclusive uses of <em>just</em> with relatively little attention paid to its non-exclusive uses. We provide an analysis for the approximative use of <em>just</em>, which occurs with modified scalar predicates in sentences like<em> Mary is just taller than John</em> or <em>Mary is just as tall as John</em>. We argue that this use of just has two effects: (1) it conveys that its prejacent is true at a maximal level of precision, and (2) it conveys that its prejacent is not true at any lower level of precision that would make a stronger claim. On this analysis, the approximative use of <em>just</em> is similar to the exclusive use in that the effect in both cases is that stronger alternatives to the prejacent are ruled out.</p> </div> </div> </div>}, number={2}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Thomas, William and Deo, Ashwini}, year={2020}, month={Sep.}, pages={354–372} }