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'''Quantificational noun phrase''' is a [[noun phrase]] which in [[LF]] [[move]]s into an [[A-bar position]], [[binding]] its [[trace]] the way an [[operator]] binds a [[variable]]. | '''Quantificational noun phrase''' is a [[noun phrase]] which in [[LF]] [[move]]s into an [[A-bar position]], [[binding]] its [[trace]] the way an [[operator]] binds a [[variable]]. | ||
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| − | + | If sentence (i)a means that for every girl it is the case that he gave her a book, its LF looks like (i)b where the quantificational noun phrase ''every girl'' is moved into an A-bar position, leaving behind a variable x and taking scope over ''a book'', and is decomposed into the 'quantifier' ''every x'' and its restriction ''x a girl''. | |
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(i) a he gave a book to every girl | (i) a he gave a book to every girl | ||
b [[every x, x a girl] [he gave a book to x]] | b [[every x, x a girl] [he gave a book to x]] | ||
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Quantificational+noun+phrase&lemmacode=365 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Quantificational+noun+phrase&lemmacode=365 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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[[Category:Syntax]] | [[Category:Syntax]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:31, 27 September 2014
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Definition
Quantificational noun phrase is a noun phrase which in LF moves into an A-bar position, binding its trace the way an operator binds a variable.
Example
If sentence (i)a means that for every girl it is the case that he gave her a book, its LF looks like (i)b where the quantificational noun phrase every girl is moved into an A-bar position, leaving behind a variable x and taking scope over a book, and is decomposed into the 'quantifier' every x and its restriction x a girl.
(i) a he gave a book to every girl
b [[every x, x a girl] [he gave a book to x]]
