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Linglib.Fragments.Spanish.ModalIndefinites

Spanish Modal Indefinite Fragment #

@cite{alonso-ovalle-menendez-benito-2010} @cite{alonso-ovalle-menendez-benito-2018}

Lexical entries for Spanish modal indefinites algún and uno cualquiera.

algún: not-at-issue, epistemic only, upper-bounded. The modal component is a conversational implicature derived from the anti-singleton constraint on the domain (@cite{alonso-ovalle-menendez-benito-2010}, §4).

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    uno cualquiera: at-issue, random choice only, upper-bounded. The random choice interpretation requires a volitional predicate; with non-volitional predicates only the unremarkable reading is available (@cite{alonso-ovalle-menendez-benito-2018}, §1.1).

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      algún and uno cualquiera share upper-boundedness but differ in status and flavor: algún is not-at-issue + epistemic, uno cualquiera is at-issue + random choice.