Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; Working papers of the SFB 632 - Vol. 5
- In this paper we compare the behaviour of adverbs of frequency (de Swart 1993) like usually with the behaviour of adverbs of quantity like for the most part in sentences that contain plural definites. We show that sentences containing the former type of Q-adverb evidence that Quantificational Variability Effects (Berman 1991) come about as an indirect effect of quantification over situations: in order for quantificational variability readings to arise, these sentences have to obey two newly observed constraints that clearly set them apart from sentences containing corresponding quantificational DPs, and that can plausibly be explained under the assumption that quantification over (the atomic parts of) complex situations is involved. Concerning sentences with the latter type of Q-adverb, on the other hand, such evidence is lacking: with respect to the constraints just mentioned, they behave like sentences that contain corresponding quantificational DPs. We take this as evidence that Q-adverbs like for the most part do not quantify overIn this paper we compare the behaviour of adverbs of frequency (de Swart 1993) like usually with the behaviour of adverbs of quantity like for the most part in sentences that contain plural definites. We show that sentences containing the former type of Q-adverb evidence that Quantificational Variability Effects (Berman 1991) come about as an indirect effect of quantification over situations: in order for quantificational variability readings to arise, these sentences have to obey two newly observed constraints that clearly set them apart from sentences containing corresponding quantificational DPs, and that can plausibly be explained under the assumption that quantification over (the atomic parts of) complex situations is involved. Concerning sentences with the latter type of Q-adverb, on the other hand, such evidence is lacking: with respect to the constraints just mentioned, they behave like sentences that contain corresponding quantificational DPs. We take this as evidence that Q-adverbs like for the most part do not quantify over the atomic parts of sum eventualities in the cases under discussion (as claimed by Nakanishi and Romero (2004)), but rather over the atomic parts of the respective sum individuals.…
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-13047 |
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| ISSN: | 1866-4725 |
| Schriftenreihe (Bandnummer): | Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632 (5) |
| Verlag: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Verlagsort: | Potsdam |
| Herausgeber*in(nen): | Shinichiro Ishihara, Michaela Schmitz, Anne Schwarz |
| Publikationstyp: | Monographie/Sammelband |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2006 |
| Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Datum der Freischaltung: | 13.04.2007 |
| Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Adverbial Quantification; Adverbs of Frequency; Adverbs of Quantity; Situations; Tense Semantics |
| Seitenanzahl: | 221 |
| RVK - Regensburger Verbundklassifikation: | ER 300 |
| Organisationseinheiten: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
| Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie | |
| DDC-Klassifikation: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| Sammlung(en): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 |
| Publikationsweg: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Name der Einrichtung zum Zeitpunkt der Publikation: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft |
| Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie | |
| Externe Anmerkung: | zugleich in Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam: Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; Working papers of the SFB 632. - Potsdam : Univ.-Verl. Vol. 5. - 2006. - 221 S. : graph. Darst. ISSN 1614-4708 ISBN 978-3-939469-41-4 |
