Affixal Quantification and Its Relation with A- and D-Quantifications

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Abstract

In previous chapters, I have presented the basic facts of Cantonese verbal suffixes and have claimed that verbal suffixes -hoi, -saai and -maai are quantifiers and unselective binders, taking either a TP or v’/vP scope. As affixal quantifiers, the selection of their quantified items is determined by the Quantification Accessibility Hierarchy proposed in this book, which is syntactic in nature. Their mapping to either the restrictor or the nuclear scope is determined by the lexical semantics of these quantifiers, with no unified mapping found.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStudies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages205-232
Number of pages28
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameStudies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Volume87
ISSN (Print)0924-4670
ISSN (Electronic)2215-0358

Keywords

  • Bare Plural
  • Existential Presupposition
  • Lexical Semantic
  • Nuclear Scope
  • Verbal Argument

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