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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1877-3095
- eISSN
- 1877-3109
- DOI
- 10.1163/18773109-01102105
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
AbstractThis paper discusses the Contextual Blindness principle as extended to the exclusive operator only. It focuses on the interaction between only and alternatives derived from a special category of contextual orders, generally referred to as “rank orders”. It submits problematic evidence for the principle and argues that access to contextual information is required in the relevant cases. Its conclusion is that, as things stand, these cases constitute an obstacle to the semantic generalization of scalar reasoning involving only.
Journal
International Review of Pragmatics – Brill
Published: May 14, 2019