@article{1387717,
      author = {Herburger, Elena.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1387717},
      title = {What counts : focus and quantification /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      abstract = {In What Counts, Elena Herburger considers the effects of  focus on interpretation. She investigates how focus affects  the pragmatics and truth conditions of a sentence by  rearranging its quantificational structure.Adopting a  neo-Davidsonian stance, Herburger claims that various  pragmatic and truth-conditional effects of focus sustain a  uniform explanation if focus is viewed as imposing  structure on otherwise unrestricted quantification.  Phenomena discussed include "free" focus, the interaction  between focus and negation, the quantificational structure  of adverbs of quantification, the semantics of only and  even, and the differences between weak and strong  determiners.One of Herburger's aims is to show that a  simple semantics, without reliance on such notions as  semantic presupposition, can account for the  truth-conditional and pragmatic effects of focus. The book  will be of interest to anyone exploring the  syntax-semantics interface and current theories of  quantification.Linguistic Inquiry Monograph No. 36},
      recid = {1387717},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 166 pages).},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. :},
      year = {2000},
}