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The Syntax of Distributivity and Pair-List Readings

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Ways of Scope Taking

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The phenomenon of pair-list (PL), or family of questions, readings is exemplified by (1).

Much of the research presented in this paper results, directly or indirectly, from discussions with Tim Stowell and Anna Szabolcsi. Many thanks to both for generously sharing their insights with me. I am grateful to Susan Spellmire for insights and discussion of much crucial data. The following people in the Linguistics Department at UCLA have provided judgements and shared ideas: Paola Crisma, Katherine Crosswhite, Ed Garrett, Chai-Shune Hsu, Ed Keenan, Robert Kirchner, Rachel Lagunoff, Felicia Lee, Bill Leonard, Pino Longobardi, Matt Pearson, Brian Potter, Susan Spellmire, Dominique Sportiche, Ed Stabler, Richard Wright. Thanks to all of them. This work was supported in part by NSF grant #SBR 9222501.

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Beghelli, F. (1997). The Syntax of Distributivity and Pair-List Readings. 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_10

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