@article{Kobuchi-Philip_2019, title={The Quantificational Function of the Japanese Numeral Classifier}, volume={8}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/755}, DOI={10.18148/sub/2004.v8i0.755}, abstractNote={<p>This paper presents a new quantificational analysis of the Japanese numeral quantifier (NQ) construction. It is proposed that the classifier within the NQ functions as the domain of quantification for the numeral, denoting a set of atomic individuals. This accounts for the predominant distributive reading of the floating NQ sentence, both with object classifiers and event classifiers, as a direct consequence of the atomicity condition of the classifier denotation. The analysis correctly predicts that, unlike the floating NQ, the non-floating NQ will show a collective/distributive ambiguity because it forms a plural term, which can always be interpreted as a group individual or as a sum of individuals. The analysis also provides a semantic account of the well-known classifier-NP agreement phenomenon.</p>}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Kobuchi-Philip, Mana}, year={2019}, month={Aug.}, pages={151–166} }