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I would like to thank Noam Chomsky, Peter Coopmans, Bill Ladusaw, Sid Morgenbesser, Ken Taylor and Juan Uriagereka for helpful discussions surrounding this paper. The shrewd comments of Greg Carlson and two anonymous reviewers led to significant revision in the final draft. I would also like to thank the audiences at the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins, the University of Pennsylvania, The University of Utrecht, and the University of Delaware which heard earlier versions of this material. Last and most importantly, I would like to thank Steve Anderson for invaluable comments, suggestions and encouragement.

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Hornstein, N. Putting truth into universal grammar. Linguist Philos 18, 381–400 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984930

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