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The semantic function of the modifier together in adnominal position has generally been considered to be that of preventing a distributive reading of the predicate. On the basis of a new range of data, I will argue that this view is mistaken. The semantic function of adnominal together rather is that of inducing a cumulative measurement of the group that together is associated with. The measurement-based analysis of adnominal together that I propose can also, with some modifications, be extended to adverbial occurrences of together.
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Moltmann, F. The Semantics of Together . Natural Language Semantics 12, 289–318 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11050-004-6453-6
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