The Qve to Some Extent Defused
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چکیده
argues that sentences such as those in (1a-b) exemplify a fundamental bifurcation among interrogative clauses (thèquantiicational variability eeect' (QVE)). His claim is that whereas in (1a) an adverb of quantiication can only be interpreted as quantifying over cases/events/situations (henceforth the cases reading), (1b) displays an additional reading, (the qv reading), paraphrasable as (1c): (1) a. Jill to some extent/usually/for the most part wonders which students cheat on the exam. b. Jill to some extent/ usually/for the most part knows which students cheat on the exam. c. For some/most students x that cheated on the exam, Jill knows that x cheated on the exam.
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