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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

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Something out of Nothing: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Implicit Quantification

Series:  Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface, Volume: 38
Cover Something out of Nothing: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Implicit Quantification
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Brill
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23 Jun 2020
  • Subjects
    • Languages and Linguistics
      • History of Linguistics & Philosophy of Language
      • Pragmatics & Discourse Analysis
      • Semantics
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Dedication
Motto
Chapter 1 What You See Is Not Always What You Get
Chapter 2 Reinterpretation Mechanisms
Chapter 3 Bare Plurals
Chapter 4 Beyond English Bare Plurals
Chapter 5 Generics and Habituals
Chapter 6 Iterativity
Chapter 7 The Nature of Implicit Quantification
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