Layers in the determiner phrase / Roberto Zamparelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zamparelli, Roberto.

Series:

Outstanding dissertations in linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Determiners.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Noun phrase.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Existential constructions.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

xv, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Garland Pub., 2000.

Contents:

1.1 Semantics preliminaries: type-shifting 7

1.1.1 Problems for invisible type-shifting operators 10

1.1.2 Type-shifting and specificity 11

1.1.3 Quantifiers: e-type at LF 13

1.1.4 Introduction to the layer system 15

1.1.4.1 The PDP layer 16

1.1.4.2 The KIP Layer 18

1.1.5 The semantic contribution 19

1.2 Syntactic preliminaries: the DP hypothesis 20

1.2.1 Functional projections 21

1.2.2 N-movement 22

1.2.3 The relative position of N and attributive adjectives 23

1.2.4 Attributive adjectives in predicative position 26

1.3 What this dissertation is not about 29

1.4 Data 30

1.5 Terminological conventions 32

2 The Strong/Weak Distinction and the Definiteness Effect 39

2.2 The 'strong/weak' distinction 40

2.2.1 Existential Sentences 40

2.2.2 Numerals in ES 42

2.3 Treatments of the Definiteness Effect 46

2.3.1 Milsark (1977) 46

2.3.2 ES in Generalized Quantifier Theory 46

2.3.2.1 Barwise&Cooper (1981) 47

2.3.2.2 Keenan (1987) 48

2.3.3 Heim on WHs in ES 49

2.3.4 Presuppositional Set Theories of ES 51

2.3.4.1 The "A Certain PN" Construction 57

2.3.5 McNally (1992) 59

2.3.5.1 Predicate nominals and ES-internal noun phrases: some similarities 60

2.3.5.2 A split analysis of DE 60

2.3.5.3 Semantics of McNally (1992) 63

2.3.6 Criticism of McNally's account 65

2.3.6.1 Two "be"? 65

2.3.6.2 On the subkind reading for common nouns 66

2.3.6.3 On the sortal uniformity of ES-internal noun phrase 67

2.3.6.4 Italian ES: locatives and existentials 69

3 The kind-construction and its relatives 77

3.1 Two orders of kind-nouns 77

3.2 The family of 'pivotal' constructions 80

3.2.1 Invertibility 89

3.2.2 Agreement facts 90

3.3 Copular sentences 91

3.3.1 Moro's theory of copular sentences 94

3.3.2 On empty pro-predicates 99

3.4 The microstructure of the kind-construction 100

3.4.1 Predicate and Argument in the kind-construction 101

3.4.2 Identification with KIP 105

3.5 Extraction possibilities 106

3.5.2 Reasons for raising 113

3.5.2.1 Williams' puzzle revisited 115

4 The layers of DP 123

4.1.1 Some general principles 124

4.1.2 The structure of weak argumental noun phrases 127

4.1.3 Weak quantifiers as adjectives: the problem of negation 129

4.1.4 On the absence of multiple determiners 130

4.2 Evidence for three levels 131

4.2.1 Coordination and bare predicates 132

4.2.1.1 The interpretation of predicative KIP 134

4.2.2 Predicative possessives 136

4.2.3 Ne 137

4.2.3.1 On unifying Ne 140

4.2.4 Quantifiers under indefinites in Italian 141

4.2.4.1 (Il) quale 141

4.2.4.2 (Un) qualche 143

4.3 Spec/head licensing 147

4.3.1 AdjP raising and predication 149

4.3.2 On some differences between SDP and KIP 152

4.4 The SD[superscript max] level 153

4.4.1 Noun movement to SD[superscript max] 154

4.4.2 Longobardi's (1994) theory 157

4.4.3 A minimalist implementation 160

4.4.3.1 Proper names and strong quantifiers 162

4.4.3.2 Tests for 'kindhood' and their results 164

4.4.4 An analysis for proper names and kind-denoting common nouns 166

4.5 A note on floating quantifiers 170

4.6 Semantic aspects of the multi-layer hypothesis 173

4.6.1 Ontological preliminaries 174

4.6.2 Semantics of simple predication 175

4.6.2.1 Other translations 176

4.6.3 The interpretation for "kind" 179

4.6.4 "Kind" and Quantifier Raising 180

5 Existentials, Locatives and Identity 189

5.2 An analysis for ES 190

5.2.1 Moro's (1993) treatment of There-sentences 190

5.2.2 The logical form of ES 193

5.2.3 Existentials and locatives 196

5.2.4 The proposal: ES as the opposite of locatives 197

5.2.5 Further issues: familiarity and negation 200

5.2.5.1 Locative identity: Alvar Aalto revisited 200

5.2.5.2 On negation in ES 202

5.2.6 Syntactic aspects: the extraction facts revisited 206

5.2.7 On double clitics 209

5.2.8 ES in Italian: ci as pro-argument and ci as pro-predicate 210

5.2.9 Pre-copular subjects and CLLD 212

5.2.9.1 Topic LD vs. CLLD 212

5.2.9.2 CLLD and subject position 215

5.2.10 Italian infinitives and ES 216

5.2.10.1 Bare infinitives and Infinito Sostantivato 218

5.3 On the syntactic form of predicates 220

5.3.1 Equative copular sentences 222

5.3.2 Two interpretational strategies 226

5.4 T-definite predicate nominals 227

5.4.1 T-definites are predicates 227

5.4.2 Possible determiners in T-definites 228

5.4.3 T-definites as 'transparent' categories 230

5.4.3.1 Sensitivity to the N complement status 230

5.4.3.2 "Consider" small-clauses and N complements 231

5.4.3.3 Weak definites 232

5.4.3.4 Wide-scope and complements 233

5.4.4 An analysis for T-definites 235

5.5 Summary: interpreting DPs, the final schema 240

6 Numerals and Specificity 245

6.1.1 On some arguments for 'Referentiality' 247

6.2 The post-D position of numerals 250

6.2.1 Introducing partitives 250

6.2.2 The double force of partitives 252

6.2.2.1 Barker's (1998) analysis of partitives 253

6.2.2.2 My analysis of partitives 254

6.2.3 Partitives after definites 256

6.2.3.1 'Exactly' interpretation in post-D position 257

6.3 Vague numerals vs. cardinal numerals 258

6.3.1 Syntactic motivations for a head/XP distinction 259

6.3.2 Complex determiners 266

6.3.2.1 Some open questions 269

6.4 Some remarks on terms of specificity 270

6.4.1 Reasoning by opposites: Italian "Qualsiasi" 271

6.4.2 The data: Universal and Existential "qualsiasi" 272

7 The Internal Structure of AdjPs 279

7.2 Evidence for partial head-movement within AdjP 280

7.2.1 Adjectives with Measure Phrases 280

7.2.2 The position of measure phrases 282

7.2.3 Degree Phrases 284

7.2.3.1 Default readings 287

7.3 Pro-forms for [Spec, DegP] 289

7.3.1 Presuppositions and the level of attachment of MPs 291

7.4 Some notes on DegP across categories 293.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis, Rochester.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.

ISBN:

0815337698

OCLC:

43810947