@inbook{fe80d97192cd45c5821c49897df36497,
title = "Modal adverbs, conjunction reduction, and the structure of coordination",
abstract = "This article revisits Collins' (1988) analysis of coordinated constructions with a modal adverb, such as {"}John and perhaps Mary went to the store{"}. I present a range of arguments supporting Collins' conclusion that the derivation of this type of construction does not involve conjunction reduction. However, unlike Collins, I argue that the adverb modifies the second conjunct locally, qualifying the inclusion of the second conjunct in the relevant set. If so, the distribution of modal adverbs like {"}perhaps{"} inside coordinate noun phrases should not be interpreted as motivating the head status of the conjunction, as Collins argued.",
author = "Zwart, \{Jan Wouter\}",
year = "2024",
month = nov,
day = "29",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
series = "University of British Columbia Occasional Papers in Linguistics",
publisher = "University of British Columbia",
pages = "405--416",
editor = "Bochnak, \{M. Ryan\} and Eva Csipak and Lisa Matthewson and Marcin Morzycki and Reisinger, \{Daniel K.E.\}",
booktitle = "The title of this volume is shorter than its contributions are allowed to be",
}