On the relation between distributivity and maximality

N Haslinger, E Rosina, V Schmitt, V Wurm - Semantics and Pragmatics, 2025 - semprag.org
This short contribution addresses the question of whether distributivity and maximality are
tied together in natural language quantification–and thus, more generally, the issue of which …

Future Reference'Without'Future Morphology

JV Mendes - 2024 - search.proquest.com
In some languages, present morphology can be used to refer to non-scheduled future
events. Since this form of future reference is constrained to certain subordinate …

How to Ignore Counterexamples: Homogeneity Across Times and Worlds

O Agha - 2023 - search.proquest.com
What is the best logical form for sentences involving iteration over possibilities, times or
events? Which constructions should be analyzed as involving covert universal quantifiers …

Ability as Dependence Modality

P Santorio - philpapers.org
Some modal expressions in language—for example," can" and" able'"—describe what is
possible in light of someone's abilities. Ability modals are obviously related to other …

[PDF][PDF] Variable strength in necessity modality: A case of variation between Afrikaans, Dutch, English, and German

V HOHAUS, S WEINGARTZ… - Festschrift for Hotze …, 2023 - lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca
In their landmark paper, Rullmann et al.(2008) discuss the perceived variability in the
quantificational force of modal expressions in St'át'imcets (Lillooet Salish), which they then …

[PDF][PDF] Towards an Etiology of Weak Necessity in a Bengali Modal Based on Homogeneity

S Haldar - lingbuzz.net
] arises only in its bare habitual form, but not in its other forms, where only strong necessity
(henceforth,“SN”) arises (cf. Haldar to appear); and a clue to why this happens becomes …