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Very<br />
Note that many solutions that seem easier do not work, e.g.:<br />
’very÷ c<br />
= λPλx. x’s P-property is above s, where s is the standard<br />
made salient by the context of all y which are P in c.<br />
This solution does not work, because we do not know the “Pproperty”,<br />
we simply know the extension of P.<br />
Hence all solutions that assume ’very÷ to be of type <br />
are doomed to fail.<br />
Otherwise the set of very intelligent students would necessarily<br />
have to be the same as the set of very tall students, if the sets of<br />
intelligent creatures and the set of tall creatures happen to coincide<br />
in the world and the context under discussion.<br />
03.06.20<strong>08</strong> Slides based on semantics textbook from I. Heim & A. Kratzer<br />
and lecture notes from M. Krifka<br />
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