Degree vs. Manner Well: A Case Study in Selective Binding

We present a semantic analysis of the adverb well that captures its degree and manner readings in a principled fashion via the Generative Lexicon Selective Binding composition rule. The analysis integrates Kennedy and McNally’s (Language, 81:345–381, 2005) treatment of scale structure with Generative Lexicon theory, and embeds the resulting semantics in HPSG.

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