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Direct linkMoxey, Linda M. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2006
This paper reports three experiments that test the Presupposition-Denial account of complement set reference. According to the theory, complement set focus arises when focus is on the difference between the amount conveyed by a natural language quantifier and a large presupposed amount. We call this difference the shortfall. In this paper, what is…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Patterns, Language Research, Effect Size
