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Presupposition projection from the scope of None: Universal, existential, or both?
2016
Semantics and Linguistic Theory
The nature of presupposition projection from the scope of quantificational expressions, particularly negative ones, continues to be both theoretically and empirically controversial. We experimentally investigate the interpretation of sentences like None of the bears won the race, which could in principle be associated with three projection options, giving rise to: an existential reading, on which at least one of the bears participated and none won; a universal reading, on which all of the bears
doi:10.3765/salt.v26i0.3837
fatcat:cchnjge5snfhheorwvl6rhul5m