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Contents
IntroductionChris Cummins and Napoleon Katsos Language Comprehension, Inference, and AlternativesDimitrios Skordos and David Barner Constraint-Based Pragmatic ProcessingJudith Degen and Michael K. Tanenhaus Scalar ImplicaturesRichard Breheny Event (De)compositionSherry Yong Chen and E. Matthew Husband Presuppositions, Projection, and AccommodationFlorian Schwarz Spatial TermsMyrto Grigoroglou and Anna Papafragou CounterfactualsHeather Ferguson DistributivityKristen Syrett GenericityDimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga Modified NumeralsRick Nouwen, Stavroula Alexandropoulou, and Yaron Mcnabb NegationYe Tian and Richard Breheny PluralityLyn Tieu and Jacopo Romoli QuantificationAdrian Brasoveanu and Jakub Dotlačil Quantifier SpreadingPatricia J. Brooks and Olga Parshina Adjective Meaning and ScalesStephanie Solt Ironic UtterancesNicola Spotorno and Ira Noveck MetaphorNausicaa Pouscoulous and Giulio Dulcinati MetonymyPetra B. Schumacher VaguenessSam Alxatib and Uli Sauerland Verbal UncertaintyMarie Juanchich, Miroslav Sirota, and Jean-François Bonnefon Word SensesHugh Rabagliati and Mahesh Srinivasan Antecedent-Contained DeletionKristen Syrett Exhaustivity in It-CleftsEdgar Onea FocusChristina S. Kim Negative Polarity ItemsMing Xiang PronounsHannah Rohde Reference and InformativenessCatherine Davies and Jennifer E. Arnold Prosody and Meaning Judith Tonhauser PolitenessThomas Holtgraves Theory of MindPaula Rubio-Fernández Turn-TakingJ. P. De Ruiter