“…For both (4) and (5) there seems to be an additional option of them not being interpreted as inquiring about a minimum or maximum at all, but instead about what the permitted interval is. This is predicted, for instance, on the interval approach to degree questions in (Abrusán & Spector 2011), which we will discuss in more detail below. What is crucial to us at this moment is independent of this variation in readings: While both (4) and (5) are compatible with a maximum-or a minimum-related reading, such a reading is unavailable for degree questions with nominal universal quantifiers, as in (6).…”