The Interpretation of Indefinites in the Japanese wh‐mo Construction
| Autor: | Miyuki Yamashina, Christopher Tancredi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Strategies of Quantification ISBN: 0199692432 Strategies of Quantification |
| DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199692439.003.0005 |
| Popis: | This chapter proposes an analysis of wh‐mo interaction in Japanese and explores consequences of the analysis for the interpretation of indefinite descriptions. Three important conclusions will be drawn: first, that mo is a non‐group plural‐forming operator and not a universal quantifier; second, that indefinites to which mo is adjoined cannot be interpreted as generalized existential quantifiers, supporting Reinhart (1997); and third that a choice function analysis of indefinites is possible, but only if the analysis is intensionalized, a possibility not entertained by Reinhart. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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