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The preceding pages have outlined, first the case of negative antonym evaluativity; second, the statistical model introduced by Rett (2014), Bumford & Rett (2021); and third, a new model that gives a different derivation of evaluativity as M-implicature. The statistical model fails to account for ...

The goal of my presentation shall be a reevaluation of the claim that the data on subcomparatives argues in favor of a degree approach to constructions of gradability, in contrast to a delineation approach. I show that this claim is build on an incorrect or incomplete set of empirical observations. ...