caa a22 4500 47578202X CHVBK 20180406123647.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1006431429816 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1006431429816 On The Comparative And Absolute Readings Of Superlatives [Elektronische Daten] [Donka Farkas, Katalin Kiss] This paper deals with an ambiguity of superlative noun phrases first noticed in Szabolcsi (1986) and discussed in Heim (1985), but which has not been studied in the subsequent literature. After discussing in detail the special properties of the comparative reading, we develop a semantics for both readings and show how it accounts for these properties. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Farkas Donka E-mail: farkas@ling.ucsc.edu aut Kiss Katalin aut Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/3(2000-08-01), 417-455 0167-806X 18:3<417 2000 18 11049 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006431429816 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006431429816 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Farkas Donka E-mail: farkas@ling.ucsc.edu aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kiss Katalin aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/3(2000-08-01), 417-455 0167-806X 18:3<417 2000 18 11049 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer