Pre-DP only is a propositional operator at LF: A new argument from ellipsis

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We provide a new argument for a theory according to which pre-DP "only" (as in the phrase "only wine") is always a realization of a higher covert propositional operator. The argument is based on an observed restriction on the scope possibilities of pre-DP "only" relative to modals in ellipsis configurations like the following: (1) Jill may bring only wine. Bill may △, too. (may > only, ***only > may**) We claim that a theory according to which pre-DP "only" is interpreted where it is pronounced, forming some kind of complex DP quantifier at LF, leaves the scope restriction in (1) mysterious.

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