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LFRG 10/20: Luka Crnic on Pragmatic enrichment and concessive scalarity

WHO: Luka Crnic

WHAT: Pragmatic enrichment and concessive scalarity

WHEN: October 20, 1:30PM-3:00PM

WHERE: 32-D831


I am going to present an analysis of “concessive even” that avoids some of the issues that have plagued previous proposals. The account derives the appropriate meanings and explains “concessive even“‘s distribution. A tentative gesture is made towards understanding the distribution of some other scalar particles. Some questions are left open. The talk will be 20 min.