Ignorance and attenuation

<p>We introduce the existential modifier <em>cumva</em> in Romanian, which is ambiguous between a<br>manner adverbial and an attenuating modifier. We describe its distribution and interpretation<br>in declaratives and show that <em>cumva</em> has two possible meaning contributions, depending on<br>the element it modifies: (i) ignorance, when it acts as a manner adverb, and (ii) attenuation,<br>when it combines with a gradable predicate.</p>