Total Adjectives vs. Partial Adjectives: Scale Structure and Higher-Order Modifiers

Generalized quantifiers and natural language

Jon Barwise, Robin Cooper · Linguistics and Philosophy · 1981 · 1.9K citations

Formal Semantics, Natural Language, Syntax +8

A semantics for positive and comparative adjectives

Ewan Klein · Linguistics and Philosophy · 1980 · 783 citations

Formal Semantics, Syntax, Semantic Analysis (Linguistics) +6

Polar Opposition and the Ontology of ‘Degrees’

Christopher Kennedy · Linguistics and Philosophy · 2001 · 310 citations

SCALE STRUCTURE AND THE SEMANTIC TYPOLOGY OF GRADABLE PREDICATES

Christopher Kennedy, Louise McNally · 2002 · 274 citations

Engineering, Gradable Predicate, Sentence Semantics +20

Total and partial predicates and the weak and strong interpretations

Young Eun Yoon · Natural Language Semantics · 1996 · 230 citations

Formal Semantics, Syntax, Partial Predicates +10