JOURNAL OF SEMANTICS

JOURNAL OF SEMANTICS VOLUME 28 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 2011

VOLUME 28 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 2011

Journal of
CONTENTS
John Beavers
An Aspectual Analysis of Ditransitive Verbs of Caused
Possession in English 1
SEMANTICS

VOLUME 28 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 2011

Yael Sharvit
Covaluation and Unexpected BT Effects 55
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Márta Abrusán and Benjamin Spector

A Semantics for Degree Questions Based on Intervals:
Negative Islands and Their Obviation 107

Nathan Klinedinst
Quantified Conditionals and Conditional Excluded Middle 149

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Robert van Rooij: Measurement and Interadjective Comparisons

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Spanish Algunos
Ana Arregui: Counterfactual-Style Revisions in the Semantics
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