Q-Adverbs as Selective Binders

The Quantificational Variability of Free Relatives and Definite DPs

Stefan Hinterwimmer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

X, 289 Seiten

2008
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
978-3-11-019629-0 (ISBN)

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This series consists of collected volumes and monographs about specific issues dealing with interfaces among the subcomponents of linguistic structure: phonology-morphology, phonology-syntax, syntax-semantics, syntax-morphology, and syntax-lexicon. Recent linguistic research has recognized that the subcomponents of grammar interact in non-trivial ways. What is currently under debate is the actual range of such interactions and their most appropriate representation in grammar, and this is precisely the focus of this series. Specifically, it provides a general overview of various topics by examining them through the interaction of grammatical components. The books function as a state-of- the-art report of research.

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.

Stefan Hinterwimmer, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.6.2008
Reihe/Serie	Interface Explorations [IE] ; 14
Verlagsort	Basel/Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	609 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Adverb • Generative Syntax • Hardcover, Softcover / Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft • HC/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft • Semantics • Semantik • Syntax • Syntax; semantics; generative syntax
ISBN-10	3-11-019629-8 / 3110196298
ISBN-13	978-3-11-019629-0 / 9783110196290
Zustand	Neuware