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What makes a few more than a lot: a study of context-dependent quantifiers
Pogue, Amanda (University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)“Hey can you help me move? I warn you I have a lot of books, though.” When we interpret such sentences we might assume that our friend is implying that there will be some heavy lifting, because she own “a lot of books”. ...