Quantification in Basque

Etxeberria, Urtzi

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2681-9_3

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“…A quantificational element is indexed with a new index C, the resource domain variable, which is supposed to evoke context and generally is the most salient resource domain. Later studies such as Stanley & Szabó (2000), Matthewson (2001), Martí (2002), Stanley (2002), Etxeberria (2004, 2009), Giannakidou (2004), Gillon (2008), Etxeberria & Giannakidou (2010, 2014) and many others follow a similar line in considering the domain of quantification to be restricted linguistically or by pragmatic information through contextual variables. However, it is generally acknowledged that domain restriction does not work on the internal structure of the set that restricts the set denoted by the NP, and that all it does is provide a set that is contextually restricted so that the quantifier quantifies over a contextually restricted set of whatever the NP denotes.…”

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“…It is in fact possible for domain restriction to be done through linguistic means, and Cheng (2009) has already argued that domain restriction is fulfilled in the overt syntax in Chinese. Von Fintel (1994, 1998), Stanley (2000, 2002), Stanley & Szabó (2000), Martí (2002, 2009), Etxeberria (2004, 2009), Giannakidou (2004) and others basically hold that domain restriction cannot be done solely in pragmatics. Following their line of analysis, if one assumes a syntactic and semantic analysis for domain restriction, the current analysis reveals that both grammar and pragmatics are needed to account for domain restriction in Chinese.…”

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On the semantics of classifier reduplication in Cantonese

Lee

2020

J. Ling.

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This paper studies prenominal reduplicative classifier in Cantonese, which has been argued to be a distributive quantifier on a par with English every/each and Mandarin mei ‘every’, and a plural classifier giving the ‘many’ reading. The analysis I propose draws heavily on ideas introduced in the cover theory proposed by Schwarzschild (1996) and Brisson (1998, 2003), and ideas introduced by Partee (2004) and others on quantifying determiner many. I argue that prenominal reduplicative classifier is a quantifying determiner which is ambiguous between a quantifier type and a modifier type. When it occurs with the distributive quantifier dou1 ‘all’, it serves as a modifier, regulating the domain of dou1-quantification by imposing a maximizing effect on the nominal it modifies (see e.g. Link 1983; Gillon 1987; Schwarzschild 1996; Brisson 1998, 2003). Without the presence of a distributive quantifier, prenominal reduplicative classifier serves either as a modifier or as a quantifier, giving its NP a weak cardinal reading or a strong proportional reading, respectively. The proposed analysis implies that domain restriction in Chinese is overtly realized in grammatical form by means of the reduplicative classifier (when combined with a distributive quantifier) and that Chinese may have determiners, which is at least true in Cantonese.

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Section: [Cl + Cldou1]: a Quantifying Determiner Of Modifier Typementioning

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On the semantics of classifier reduplication in Cantonese

Lee

2020

J. Ling.

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“…Euskaraz, izen biluziak (IB) deituak argumentu posizioan ezin daitezkeela agertu argudiatu izan da (cf. inter alia, Laka 1993, Artiagoitia 1997, 1998, Etxeberria 2005, 2010, 2012a; ikus 2 atala). 2 Halere, propietate honek euskalkien arteko aldakortasuna erakusten du, izan ere zubereraz (euskararen bertsio zahar moduan hartua izan den euskalkian; ikus Michelena 1964, Camino 2014, IBak objektu zuzen posizioan agertu daitezke (cf.…”

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“…Euskara batuan, sarreran aipatu bezala, IB-ak argumentu posizioan ezin daitezkeela agertu aintzat hartu izan da eta artikulu definituaren erabilera beharrezkoa dela esaldiak gramatikalak izango badira (cf. Laka 1993, Artiagoitia 1997, 1998, Etxeberria 2005, 2010, 2012a. Hauxe da, hain zuzen ere, euskara batuko artikuluaren propietarik esanguratsuenetako bat.…”

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Etxeberria

2016

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“…Bakoitz 'each' has been described as the Basque inherently distributive quantifier (Etxeberria 2012), and it always requires a variable over which to get scope. In fact, when bakoitz 'each' does not have an element syntactically deeper in the structure over which to distribute, or more precisely, a variable over which to get scope, the sentence will result in ungrammaticality (Etxeberria 2001(Etxeberria , 2002 'A kid saw each apple.'…”

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confidence: 99%