Locality in Syntax and Floating Numeral Quantifiers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3208420
AutoresShigeru Miyagawa (0000-0003-0015-6569, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 32-D886, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.), Koji Arikawa (Department of International Studies, St. Andrew's University, 1-1, Manabino, Izumi, Osaka 594-1198, Japan.)
Ano2007
Volume38
Fascículo4
Páginas645-670
Data de publicação2007-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistic Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3892 • E-ISSN: 1530-9150
EditoraMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/ling.2007.38.4.645
OpenAlexW2146266807
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas26

We defend the idea that a floating quantifier observes syntactic locality with its associated noun phrase. This idea has given rise to a number of important empirical insights, including the VP-internal subject position, intermediate traces, and NP-traces. Recently, this syntactic locality of floating quantifiers has been questioned in a number of languages. We take up evidence from Japanese that purports to disprove the locality requirements on floating numeral quantifiers and their associated NP, and we demonstrate that the arguments in fact give evidence for syntactic locality, not against it. Our conclusions suggest that evidence against the locality of floating quantifiers given in other languages should be reexamined

Linguistics · Locality · Natural language processing · Noun · Noun phrase · Numeral system · Quantifier (linguistics) · Subject (documents) · Syntax · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation