Q-adverbs as selective binders : the quantificational variability of free relatives and definite DPs / by Stefan Hinterwimmer.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Hinterwimmer, Stefan, 1972-

Series:

Interface explorations ; 14.

Interface explorations ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Quantifiers.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Adverbials.

Definiteness (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Relative clauses.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with the interpretation of adverbially quantified sentences containing definite DPs and Free Relatives (FR) Thereby, it concentrates on the origins of Quantificational Variability Effects (QVEs), i.e. readings according to which the respective quantificational adverb seems to quantify over the individuals denoted by the respective DP/FR. QVEs are usually discussed only in connection with singular indefinites and bare plurals. This book therefore provides the first comprehensive account of QVEs with definite DPs and Free Relatives (while also discussing singular indefinites and bare plurals). Presenting new empirical observations and arguments for the assumption that Q-adverbs quantify over situations exclusively, it is also an important contribution to the theoretical debate concerning the quantificational domain of Q-adverbs.. It is of interest to linguists working in formal semantics and the syntax-semantics interface as well as to philosophers of language who are interested in adverbial quantification and situation semantics. Furthermore, it offers an introduction to the core issues of situation semantics and adverbial quantification and is therefore accessible to graduate students interested in these topics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Quantificational Variability Effects in Sentences with Free Relatives

Chapter 2: The Case of Singular Definites and Universally Quantified DPs

Chapter 3: QVEs in Sentences with FRs or Plural Definites

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Dissertation Humboldt-Universität Berlin 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612194733

9781282194731

1282194739

9783110199208

3110199203

OCLC:

646769799