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In this paper we address the question whether it makes sense to assume that the domain of degrees, as used in degree semantics, consists not just of atoms, but also of degree pluralities. A number of recent works have adopted that assumption, most explicitly (Fitzgibbons et al. Plural Superlatives and Distributivity, Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory, Vol. 18, 2008; Beck, The Art and Craft of Semantics: A Festschrift for Irene Heim, MITWPL, Vol. 70: 91–115, 2014; Dotlacil and Nouwen, Natural Language Semantics, 1–34, 2016). In this paper, we provide experimental evidence for degree pluralities by showing that comparatives may express cumulative relations between degrees. |
