... and Meyer-Viol ( 199 3), Rogers ( 199 4, 199 8), Backofen, Rogers, and Vijay-Shanker ( 199 5),6 Kolb ( 199 9), and Palm ( 199 9).7 The axioms, while not universally adopted, provide a precise charac- terization ... Wall ( 197 2) and Partee, ter Meulen, and Wall ( 199 0) (and discussed at length in Huck 198 5, Higginbotham 198 2/ 198 5, and McCawley 198 2); more recent axiomizations can be found in Blevins ( 199 0),5 ... (9a) was appropriate.12 Gruber ( 196 7) was the Wrst to note the inaccuracy of (9a) for these approaches; the matter has been discussed at length in Richardson ( 198 2), Speas ( 199 0), Freidin ( 199 2:...