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The Discourse Effect of "Just" in Imperative and Interrogative Utterances
Date created: 2020-06-30 04:58 AM | Last Updated: 2020-07-12 04:30 PM
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I examine the effect of the English exclusive particle just in imperatives and interrogatives used to perform directives. In particular, I present data showing that such sentences containing just (e.g. Just pass me the salt or Can you just pass me the salt?) are ambiguous between two readings: One in which just places an upper bound on the content of the directive, and one in which just places an …
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