ULI SAUERLAND is Research Team Leader at the Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) Berlin, Germany. Dr. Sauerland is the author of more than 40 reviewed publications on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and their interaction. PENKA STATEVA is a Research Associate at the Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin, Germany. Dr. Stateva's research reflects her interests in the semantics of natural language comparison, plurals, possessives, and the relation between the syntactic and semantic grammar components.