Null determiners and quantifiersSept. 24, 2012 – Day 12Introduction to Syntax
ANTH 3590/7590
Harry Howard
Tulane University
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REVIEWThe quiz was the review.
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NULL DETERMINERS AND QUANTIFIERSRadford §3.9
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NULL DETERMINERS Det + noun
[DetP [Det the] [N book]] also this, that, these, those (demonstratives)
Names or proper nouns John admires Mary. (76) John and the chairman are attending a meeting.
(79) John takes {himself/*herself/*ourselves} too
seriously, {doesn’t {he/*she}/*don’t we}? (cf. 80) El Juan admira a la María. (cf. 77 in Greek) [DetP ø John], where ø = 3rdSg
Pronoun + noun we linguists, you idiots [DetP we linguists], [DetP you idiots]
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NULL QUANTIFIERS Q + noun
[QP [Q a] [N book]] also some, many, each, all, few, most, etc.
Bare NPs Partitive sentences
I’d like toast and some coffee please. (82b) … [QP ø toast] and [QP some coffee]… (82b) ø ≈ some
Generic sentences Eggs and many dairy products cause cholesterol. (82a) [QP ø eggs] and [QP many dairy products] … (82a) ø ≈ all, but … Humans give birth to live young. … but not me. (generics allow exceptions) All humans give birth to live young. (all doesn’t allow
exceptions)
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Ø VS. ENOUGH
Type ø enough
Generic (w/ singular mass nouns)
I wrote poetry.
I’ve read enough poetry.
Partitive (w/ plural count nouns)
I wrote poems.
I’ve read enough poems.
* Singular count nouns*I wrote poem.
*I’ve read enough poem.
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EX 3.1, p. 114ff
Put 1-10 on board. I don’t agree with Radford’s intuitions, but
these examples presumably show some influence of c-command.
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NEXT TIMEDo exercise 3.1 & 3.2 to go over in class
Head movement §4.1 - 4.3
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