This book deals with the interpretation of adverbially quantified
sentences containing definite DPs and Free Relatives (FR) Thereby,
it concentrates on the origins of Quantificational Variability
Effects (QVEs), i.e. readings according to which the respective
quantificational adverb seems to quantify over the individuals
denoted by the respective DP/FR. QVEs are usually discussed only in
connection with singular indefinites and bare plurals. This book
therefore provides the first comprehensive account of QVEs with
definite DPs and Free Relatives (while also discussing singular
indefinites and bare plurals). Presenting new empirical
observations and arguments for the assumption that Q-adverbs
quantify over situations exclusively, it is also an important
contribution to the theoretical debate concerning the
quantificational domain of Q-adverbs.. It is of interest to
linguists working in formal semantics and the syntax-semantics
interface as well as to philosophers of language who are interested
in adverbial quantification and situation semantics. Furthermore,
it offers an introduction to the core issues of situation semantics
and adverbial quantification and is therefore accessible to
graduate students interested in these topics.
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