Spanish Modal Indefinite Fragment

[AOMB10] [AOMB18]

Lexical entries for Spanish modal indefinites algún and uno cualquiera.

• algún: epistemic modal indefinite with anti-singleton constraint ([AOMB10]).
• uno cualquiera: random choice modal indefinite with anti-singleton constraint ([AOMB18]).

def Spanish.ModalIndefinites.algúnEntry : Features.ModalIndefinite.ModalIndefiniteEntry

algún: not-at-issue, epistemic only, upper-bounded. The modal component is a conversational implicature derived from the anti-singleton constraint on the domain ([AOMB10], §4).

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def Spanish.ModalIndefinites.unoCualquieraEntry : Features.ModalIndefinite.ModalIndefiniteEntry

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 ([AOMB18], §1.1).

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def Spanish.ModalIndefinites.paradigm : List Features.ModalIndefinite.ModalIndefiniteEntry

The Spanish modal indefinite paradigm.

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• Spanish.ModalIndefinites.paradigm = [Spanish.ModalIndefinites.algúnEntry, Spanish.ModalIndefinites.unoCualquieraEntry]

theorem Spanish.ModalIndefinites.algún_unoCualquiera_contrast : algúnEntry.status ≠ unoCualquieraEntry.status ∧ algúnEntry.flavors ≠ unoCualquieraEntry.flavors ∧ algúnEntry.upperBounded = unoCualquieraEntry.upperBounded

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.