Degenerate Plurals
Abstract
We argue that the wh-mo construction in Japanese should be analyzed as an i-sum denoting degenerate plural, distinct from group denoting true plurals and from universal quantifiers. Universal quantification-like behavior we derive from an optional distributive operator that can occur with plurals as well as with wh-mo expressions. The optionality of this operator makes it possible to account for quantificational variability in examples containing adverbs of quantification as well.
Published
2019-08-20
How to Cite
Yamashina, M., & Tancredi, C. (2019). Degenerate Plurals. Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 9, 522-537. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2005.v9i0.785
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Copyright (c) 2019 Miyuki Yamashina, Christopher Tancredi

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