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We observe that numerals with superlative modifiers – at least and at most – are<br> system... more We observe that numerals with superlative modifiers – at least and at most – are<br> systematically unacceptable with certain focus particles, most notably even. We<br> analyze the infelicity of such sentences as arising from a clash between the<br> presupposition of the focus particle and the obligatory implicature of the superlative<br> modifier. We claim that to obtain these results it is crucial to make the<br> following two assumptions: (i) the set of alternatives that focus particles operate on is<br> generated by the same mechanism as the set of alternatives for implicatures, and<br> (ii) additive presuppositions are de re.
We observe that numerals with superlative modifiers – at least and at most – are systematically u... more We observe that numerals with superlative modifiers – at least and at most – are systematically unacceptable with certain focus particles, most notably even. We analyze the infelicity of such sentences as arising from a clash between the presupposition of the focus particle and the obligatory implicature of the superlative modifier. We claim that to obtain these results it is crucial to make the following two assumptions: (i) the set of alternatives that focus particles operate on is generated by the same mechanism as the set of alternatives for implicatures, and (ii) additive presuppositions are de re.
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