ABSTRACT
Having discussed inclusive AVS in great detail, we will now turn to a description and analysis of the semantics of exclusive AVS, which is the remaining subtype of adverbal intensifiers. This subtype of SELF is an exclusive particle in that it semantically separates its focus from the set of alternatives. Essentially, what is true for the focus does not hold for the alternatives evoked and vice versa. This is to be understood in direct opposition to inclusive AVS, which asserts that what is true for the focus is also true for the relevant alternatives. The property of excluding alternatives necessarily also separates it from adnominal intensifiers. Still, much more than simple exclusion is at stake. In this respect, it is similar to inclusive AVS because inclusion in itself does not account for the entire semantic contribution of inclusive AVS either. As with inclusive AVS, the focus and the set of alternatives must have particular properties and stand in a special relation to one another to make things work.
