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Introduction - The Semantics of Grading and Degree
- Vague Predicates
- Degrees Relations
| - Kennedy. Projecting the Adjective: The Syntax and Semantics of Gradability and Comparison. Pp. 3-57.
- Sapir. "Grading: A Study in Semantics."
- Klein. "A Semantics for Positive and Comparative Adjectives."
- Kamp. "Two Theories of Adjectives."
- Cresswell. "The Semantics of Degree."
- Bierwisch. "The Semantics of Gradation." In Dimensional Adjectives. Pp. 73-139.
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A Semantic Typology of Gradable Predicates - Scale Structure and Degree Modification
- Relative vs. Absolute
- Gradable Adjectives
| - Kennedy and McNally. "Scale Structure and the Semantic Typology of Gradable Predicates."
- Unger. Ignorance. Chap. 2
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The Grammar of Vagueness - What exactly is the standard of comparison and how is it determined?
| - Kennedy. "The Grammar of Vagueness."
- Graff. "Shifting Sands: An Interest-relative Theory of Vagueness."
- Barker. "The Dynamics of Vagueness."
- Kyburg and Morreau. "Fitting Words: Vague Language in Context."
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Comparison and Logical Form 1 - Scope Ambiguities in Comparatives and the Semantic type of Gradable Adjectives
- Scope and Superlatives
| - von Stechow. "Comparing Semantic Theories of Comparison."
- Heim. "Notes on Comparatives and Related Matters."
- Kennedy. Projecting the Adjective: The Syntax and Semantics of Gradability and Comparison. Pp. 58-108.
- Heim. "Degree Operators and Scope."
- Sharvit and Stateva. "Against 'long' Movement of the Superlative Operator."
- Farkas and Kiss. "On the Comparative and Absolute Readings of Superlatives."
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Comparison and Logical Form 2 - Quantification and Comparison and the Structure of Degrees
| - Schwarzschild and Wilkinson. "Quantifiers in Comparatives: A Semantics of Degree Based on Intervals."
- Lerner and Pinkal. "Comparatives and Nested Quantification."
- Bhatt, Rajesh and Roumyana Pancheva. "Late Merge of Degree Clauses."
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Polarity - Comparison and Polar Opposition
- Comparison and Negative Polarity
| - Kennedy. "Polar Opposition and the Ontology of 'Degrees'."
- Bierwisch. "The Semantics of Gradation." In Dimensional Adjectives. Pp. 139-175.
- Rullmann. "Maximality in the Semantics of wh-constructions." Chap. 2.
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Comparative NPs
| Hackl. "Comparative Quantifiers." |
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The Grammar of Measurement - Partitives and Related Matters
Amount Relatives
| - Schwarzschild. "The Grammar of Measurement."
- Grosu and Landman. "Strange Relatives of the Third Kind."
- Carlson. "Reference to Kinds in English."
- Heim. "Where Does the Definiteness Restriction Apply? Evidence from the Definiteness of Variables."
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Aspect and Degree - Telicity and Degree of Change
| Kennedy and Levin. "Telicity Corresponds to Degree of Change." |
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