In this paper, I give an analysis of the syntax and semantics of expressions like almost everybody, absolutely everybody and nowhere near everybody. I show how the interpretation of such expressions involves reference to scales of generalized quantifiers in the sense of Horn 2001.
https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/003682
https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/003682
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