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Distributivity and Negation: The Syntax of Each and Every

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Ways of Scope Taking

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This paper is concerned with the syntax and semantics of quantifier scope construal, focussing on the distributive quantifiers every and each, and their interaction with negation. Our discussion is based on the theory of the syntax of quantifier scope developed more fully in Beghelli and Stowell (1994) and in Beghelli (1995).

This research was supported in part by NSF grant #SBR 9222501 (Beghelli) and by grants from the Academic Senate of UCLA (Stowell).

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    Filippo Beghelli & Tim Stowell

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  1. Department of Linguistics, University of California, 45 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1543, USA

    Anna Szabolcsi

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Beghelli, F., Stowell, T. (1997). Distributivity and Negation: The Syntax of Each and Every . In: Szabolcsi, A. (eds) Ways of Scope Taking. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 65. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5814-5_3

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