Indexes
Name index
Abney, S.
19n
Anagnostopoulou, E.
58
Aristotle
25n
Asher, N.
27, 146
Atlas, J.
147
Bach, K.
28n14
Bennett, M.
133
Bhatt, R.
58
Bittner, M.
141
Błaszczak, J.
98
Blok, P.I.
73n
Blutner, R.
148
Bobaljik, J.D.
115n16
Boneh, N.,
118n18, 129n31
Bošković, Ž.
33
Brinton, L.J.
128n27
Burton-Roberts, N.
52, 55, 67
Butt, M.
58
Carlier, A.
84
Carlson, G.
2, 33–39, 49, 56, 60, 100–101, 105–106, 120–121, 127, 139n
Carston, R.
28n14
Cheng, L.
95
Chierchia, G.
2, 16, 28, 39–47, 50n21, 51, 55–59, 62, 64–70, 77–79, 86–87, 92–93, 97–98, 118
Chomsky, N.
1, 113
Chung, S.,
127
Clark, E.V.
22
Clark, H.H.
22
Cohen, A.
34n, 39n9, 43n, 50, 53, 58, 65n1, 74, 80, 103, 118–119, 120–124, 129n30, 146, 148–152, 155
Cohen, L.J.
25n
Cover, R.
98
Cresswell, M.J.
12
Cruse, D.A.
21
Dahl, Ö.
118
Danon, G.
89
Dayal, V.
58n, 65n3, 66–68, 71–72, 74, 76, 79–80, 90–91, 93, 95
Declerk, R.
149n
Deo, A,
94, 97
Dekker, P.,
148
Delfitto, D.
36n4
Delgrande, J.P.
146
Diesing, M.
36, 102
Dobrovie-Sorin, C.
45–46, 59, 93
Dölling, J.
22–23, 124–125
Doron, E.
59, 95, 98, 118n18, 129n31
Downing, P.
22
Dowty, D.
127, 129, 135, 142
É. Kiss, K.
86
Eberle, K.
73n
Egg, M.
4–5, 19, 137, 143
Enç, M.
79
Erteschik-Shir, N.
48n17, 50, 58, 115n16
Everett, D.L.
119
Farkas, D.,
76, 85
Featherston, S.
22
Fiengo, R.,
114n
von Fintel, K.
98
Fodor, J.D.
37n, 57
Fortescue, M.
141
Fox, D.,
115n16
Geist, L.
98
Gerstner, C.
36, 43
Geurts, B.
28, 57, 72, 149n
Goodman, N.D.
39n9
Greenberg, Y.
97–98, 155
Grodzinsky, Y.
115
Gundel, J.K.
48
Gyuris, B.
85
Haïk, I.
114n
Heim, I.
15, 48, 98, 145
Heycock, C.
92
Heyer, G.
62, 68n4
Holmberg, A.
114–115
Horn, L.R.
147
Junghans, U.
98
Kamp, H.
108, 133, 137
Krifka, M.
2, 36, 39–48, 54n, 58–59, 62, 64–68, 70, 74, 78, 87, 91, 95, 97n, 101, 104n, 106–107, 109, 133n, 135–136, 143, 146, 147n
Laca, B.
59
Landman, F.
28, 134
Lawler, J.
52
Leech, G.
127
Leslie, S.-J.
39n9, 47, 112n, 118n19
Levinson, S.C.
147
Lewis, D.
117
Liebesman, D.
39n8, 47n, 124n25
Link, G.
130, 146
Longobardi, G.
65, 78, 80–82, 85
MacDonald, J.E.
139
Markman, V.G.
98
May, R.
114n
McCawley, J.D.
121, 148
McNally, L.
45, 59
Milsark, G.
37
Moltmann, F.
135, 147n
Montague, R.
7–8, 26n, 60, 69
Morreau, M.P.
146
Mufwene, S.S.
127
Müller, A.
87–88, 93n
Müller-Reichau, O.
72n
Munn, A.,
87–89, 92, 96
Neale, S.,
116
Nehaniv, C.L.
48n16
Nguyen, A.
39n9
Nickel, B.
39n9, 47, 110n7, 112n, 118n19, 145–146, 152n5
Nunberg, G.
4, 19–27, 30, 124
Osherson, D.N.
152–153
Palma, H.L.
45
Partee, B.H.
5–9, 15, 17–18, 40, 74, 127, 133
Pelletier, F.J.,
17, 62–63, 106, 125, 146
Pesetsky, D.
115n16
Portner, P.
48n16
Pires de Oliveira, R.
93
Pullum, G.K.
73
Pulman, S.G.
137–138, 143
Rapoport, T.
149
Recanati, F.
25, 28, 116
Reichenbach, H.
129
Reinhart, T.
48
Reyle, U.
133, 137
Rimell, L.
111n8
Robinson, H.
65n3
Rochemont, M.
49n18
Rooth, M.E.
5–9, 104
van Rooy, R.
148
Rot, S.
127
Russell, B.
13
Sag, I.A.
19, 22, 57
Schmitt, C.
87–89, 92, 96
Schubert, L.K.
17, 62–63, 106, 125
Seuren, P.A.M.
1, 12
Sharvy, R.
66
Slabakova, R.
22
Smith, C.
127
Stalnaker, R.C.
97
Stanley, J.
117, 121
von Stechow, A.
127
Sterken, R.
39n9, 47, 112n, 118n19, 119n, 120–121, 123n24
Sugioka, Y.
76n
de Swart, H.
50n21, 76, 84–85, 137, 143
Sybesma, R.
95
Szábo, Z.
117, 121
Szabolcsi, A.
61, 133
Taylor, B.
127, 129
Tessler, M.,
39n9
Timberlake, A.H.
127
Van Geenhoven, V.
59, 80, 86n, 110, 136, 140–143
Vlach, F.
128
Wasow, T.
114n
White, M.
135, 140
Wilkinson, K.
36
Williams, E.
67, 114n
Yabushita, K.
48n16
Yeats, W.B.
vi
Zamparelli, R.
92
Zeevat, H.
151
Zimmermann, T.E.
60, 62
Zuber, R.
147
Zucchi, S.
11n5, 135, 140
Subject Index
a/an
16, 44–45, 51, 55
absolutely
146
accessible worlds
97
accommodation
107, 129, 134n33
action triggers
55, 82, 85
adjectives
gradable
12–15
adverbs of quantification, see quantification, adverbial
adverbials, see durative adverbials
almost
146
anaphora
36n4
maximal
61
bare plurals
2, 16n7, 33–63, 66–69, 75–76, 87, 98–99, 102n, 123, 133n, 139n, 148–155
and habituals
131–133
as both kinds and properties
58–61, 98–99
as cumulative
139
as kinds
33–39, 42, 43, 51–52, 56–58
as properties
41–44, 46–50
characterizing reading of
33, 36–39, 42–43, 47–49, 51–52, 58–59, 62–63, 98–99, 148–154
definite reading of
58n, 91
direct kind predication
33, 42, 51, 101, 120
existential reading of
34–36, 43–46, 49–50, 51, 56–58, 58–60, 62–63, 98–99, 149–150, 154–155
generic reading of, see bare plurals, characterizing reading of
heaviness requirement
79–80
in Hungarian
85–86
in Italian
64–66, 76–85, 98
in Russian
92
non-quantificational theories
33–39
normative reading of
83–84, 98
quantificational theories
39–63
specific interpretation of
57–58
bare singulars
2, 16, 51–52, 86–98
and type-shifting
86–87
characterizing reading of
96–98
existential reading of
87–92
reference to kinds
92–96
uniqueness presupposition of
91–92, 97
Bidirectional Optimality Theory
148
blocking
16–18, 44–46, 51
BPs, see bare plurals
Brazilian Portuguese
87–89, 93, 96, 98
choice functions
44–45, 87
coordinates
43n
de dicto
6, 11n5, 30–31, 35, 60–62, 77, 89
de re
6, 10, 11n5, 30–31, 35, 60, 89
definites
2, 65–77
as maximizing operators
66
as kind-referring
71–75
generic interpretation of
66–70
in Italian
65–66, 76–77
plural
65–66, 75–76, 86
singular
66–75, 76n, 77n
uniqueness presupposition of
66, 91
definitions
54–55
dei
45
Derived Kind Predication
43–44, 47, 56, 66, 69–70, 78
des
45–46, 84
differentiated scope
35, 77, 108, 139n
discourse referents
15, 48, 60–62, 131–133
Discourse Representation Theory
132–133, 137–138
distributivity
110n7, 143, 145–146
DKP, see Derived Kind Predication
DRT, see Discourse Representation Theory
durative adverbials
3, 135–144
Dutch
80, 133–134
E-type pronouns
61
ellipsis
114n, 142
embedded implicature
27–28
empty categories, see null categories, in syntax
EPP
86
even
147
eventive verbs
127–131, 133
eventualities
homogeneous
135–138, 151n
non-homogeneous
135–137
existential quantifier, see quantification, existential
experimental evidence
22, 152–154
explicature
28n14
focus
103–105
for-adverbials, see durative adverbials
French
45–46, 84
Full Interpretation principle
113
Game Theory
148
gen, see quantification, generic
generic quantifier, see quantification, generic
generics
2, 120–126, 128, 145–147, 148 see also quantification, generic
and scope
100–106, 125–126
homogeneity presupposition of, see homogeneity
German
68, 73
habituals
2, 118, 127–134
and bare plurals
131–133
and scope
106–108
as stative
127–128
Hebrew
87, 89–90, 94–97, 98
Hindi
58, 86, 87, 90–91, 93–94, 95, 97, 98
Holmberg’s Generalization
114–115
homogeneity
151–156
Hungarian
61n, 85–86, 98
imperfective
129
implicit quantification, see quantification, implicit
impliciture
28n14
indefinite singulars
52–55, 64–65, 67, 80–82, 83, 88, 97, 119
individual concepts
70, 71
individual-level predicates, see predicates, individual-level
inference
3, 15, 147–156
int
129–133
intensionality
and kinds
41n, 80, 146
and predicate transfer
23–25, 30–31
and type-shifting
6–10, 14
operator
69–70, 76
intervals
127, 129–132, 135, 142
ISs, see indefinite singulars
Italian
bare partitives in
45
bare plurals in
64–66, 76–85, 98
definites in
65–66, 76–77
iterativity
4, 135–144
and scope
138–140
and type-shifting
137
as a quantifier
110n6, 142–144
kind-level predicates, see predicates, kind-level
kinds
56–57, 120
as individual concepts
40
as referential
49
vs. groups
69–70
ko
58
les
84
lexical decomposition
37
meaning postulates
36n5
modality
97, 145–146, 156n
modals
53, 55, 81
moments
127–131, 133
negation
11–12, 60, 83, 89–90, 100–105
noteworthiness
21–24, 27, 30
null categories
in semantics
116–117
in syntax
113–116
null quantifier, see quantification, implicit
number
20, 109–110, 133n
neutrality
42–44, 87–88, 93, 133n
object shift
114–115
opacity
30–31, 35, 60–62, 77, 88–89, 105–106, 108, 110, 126
Optimality Theory
76–77
bidirectional, see Bidirectional Optimality Theory
PF
113–114
Pirahã
119
predicate transfer
2, 18–32, 100, 120, 123–128, 145
and intensionality
23–25
and scope
29–32
predicates
collective
43
cumulative
135–136, 139
homogeneous, see predicates, cumulative
individual-level
34, 38, 50, 86
kind-level
34, 54–58, 64–65, 69–70, 72, 93–94, 121–122, 124
non-homogeneous, see predicates, quantized
object-level
121–122
quantized
135–136, 139, 143
stage-level
34, 38, 49–50, 86
probability
65n1, 151–153
progressive
128n28, 133–134
Q-adverbs, see quantification, adverbial
quantification
adverbial
44–46, 53, 55, 81, 87, 98, 101–102, 105–106, 107, 109, 118–119, 131, 141–143, 146–147
domain of
36–37, 42–43, 45–46, 103–104, 116–117
existential
15, 22–23, 145
explicit
33–35, 36–37, 44, 53, 55, 60n29, 81, 87–88, 91, 101–102, 105–107, 109, 112, 118–119, 131, 141, 147
generic
38–39, 42–43, 47, 49, 53, 55, 59, 112, 118–121, 123–125, 128, 145, 156 see also generics
implicit
1–3, 23, 33, 37, 39, 47, 55, 100, 110, 112, 118–120, 145–156
null, see quantification, implicit
overt, see quantification, explicit
universal
145–147, 156
vacuous
50
quantificational variability
37–38
quantifying in
6, 10–11
regulations, see rules and regulations
reinterpretation
1–32, 112–117, 119, 156
as a universal principle
63
rules and regulations
54–55, 83–85, 98
Russian
16, 44, 51, 86–87, 90–91, 92, 95, 98
scope
and bare singulars
86, 88–91
and conjunction
7–8
and existential bare plurals
34–35, 43–44, 56–58, 60, 77–78, 84, 131–133
and generic bare plurals
37
and generics
100–106, 108–112, 119–120, 125–126
and gradable adjectives
13–15
and habituals
106–112, 119–120, 131–133
and indefinite singulars
54
and iterativity
138–144
and normative bare plurals
83
and predicate transfer
29–31
and sort-shifting
18
and type-shifting
10–12, 40
differentiated, see differentiated scope
selectional restrictions
121–123
semantics-pragmatics interface
27
seu
87–88
situations
and worlds
41n, 80
minimal
98, 123n23
some
44–45
sort-shifting
17–18, 137n1
Spanish
45
stage-level predicates, see predicates, stage-level
stative verbs
127–131
stereotypicality
148–151, 154–156
sums
of individuals
40–41, 80
of situations
109
Swedish
114–115
22–27, 29–31, 124–125
125–126
-tar-
140–142
taxonomic interpretations
53n, 64–65, 71–75, 80, 95–96, 110n5, 123
TNP, see Traditional Noun Phrase
topics
48–50, 53–54, 59, 98, 123
Trace Deletion Hypothesis
115
trace theory
1, 113–115
Traditional Noun Phrase
33, 49, 60, 61n, 109, 133
transfer function, see 
, 
,
type-shifting
2, 5–18, 21, 39–51, 56–61, 66–77, 83, 84, 86–88, 91–93, 95–98, 100, 120–121, 123, 126, 128, 130–132, 134, 135, 137–140, 142, 144, 145
and scope
10–12, 18, 40
as a last resort
10–11, 16, 18, 46
as a universal principle
17, 40
Ceh
137–138
g
69
MASS
69–70, 93
∃
40, 43, 47, 56–57, 59–60, 77, 83, 86, 91, 96
ι
40, 86, 91, 96
40–42, 46, 49, 56, 59, 76, 86, 92–93, 97–98, 123
40–41, 43–44, 49, 70, 123, 125
γ
130–131
unmarkedness
147–148, 150, 155–156
unos/unas
45
wanna contraction
113
West Greenlandic
140–142
when-clause
108, 112, 128