On the Anaphoricity of Too

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2015

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Ruys, EddyISNI 0000000050069701

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Abstract

Kripke (1990/2009) argues that the presupposition triggered by the additive particle too is anaphoric in nature, an influential thesis with important ramifications for the theory of presupposition. This article reexamines the empirical evidence and proposes an alternative explanation, leaving too with only its traditional existential presupposition.

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presupposition, additive particle

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Ruys, E G 2015, 'On the Anaphoricity of Too', Linguistic Inquiry, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 343–361. https://doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00184