"Algún" indefinite is not bound by adverbs of quantification
López, Luis (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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2021 |
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Some indefinites cannot be bound by adverbs of quantification or the generic operator. I argue that this datum follows from the internal syntax of indefinites: only those indefinites consisting of a minimal structure can be bound, bigger indefinites cannot. I present evidence from Spanish, Russian and English to support this claim. Two theoretical consequences follow. The first one is about wh-dependencies: I argue that wh-phrases cannot be regarded as noun phrases with an extra [wh] feature, but rather as very small indefinites without additional features. The second one involves exceptional scope: choice function approaches seem to run into a paradox that alternative approaches, such as Schwarszchild's Singleton Indefinite approach, avoid. I also argue that an alternative semantic approach to binding resistance yields no fruit. Finally, I show that only small indefinites can be used as predicates, thus bolstering the approach taken in these pages. |
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Anglès |
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Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
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Indefinites ;
Adverbs of quantification ;
Binding ;
Wh-words ;
Choice functions ;
Singleton indefinites |
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Isogloss, Vol. 7 (2021) (Articles) , ISSN 2385-4138 |
Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/v7-lopez
DOI: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.102
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