Modified Numerals and Split Disjunction: The First-Order Case

Abstract We present a number of puzzles arising for the interpretation modified numerals. Following Büring and others we assume that main difference between comparative superlative modifiers is only latter convey disjunctive meanings. further argue inference patterns triggered by disjunction are hard to capture in existing semantic pragmatic analyses these phenomena (neo-Gricean or grammatical alike), propose novel account inferences framework bilateral state-based modal logic defining first order extension Aloni (Semant Pragmat 15:5-EA, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.15.5 )’s .