"Algún" indefinite is not bound by adverbs of quantification

Some indefinites cannot be bound by adverbs of quantification or the generic operator. I argue that this datum follows from the internal syntax of indefinites: only those indefinites consisting of a minimal structure can be bound, bigger indefinites cannot. I present evidence from Spanish, Russian...

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Autor principal:	Luis López
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2021
Materias:	indefinites adverbs of quantification binding wh-words choice functions Singleton Indefinites Romanic languages PC1-5498 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ba25f8d6978e4ce5a472040ea737d11c2021-12-01T12:13:58Z"Algún" indefinite is not bound by adverbs of quantification10.5565/rev/isogloss.1022385-4138https://doaj.org/article/ba25f8d6978e4ce5a472040ea737d11c2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/102https://doaj.org/toc/2385-4138 Some indefinites cannot be bound by adverbs of quantification or the generic operator. I argue that this datum follows from the internal syntax of indefinites: only those indefinites consisting of a minimal structure can be bound, bigger indefinites cannot. I present evidence from Spanish, Russian and English to support this claim. Two theoretical consequences follow. The first one is about wh-dependencies: I argue that wh-phrases cannot be regarded as noun phrases with an extra [wh] feature, but rather as very small indefinites without additional features. The second one involves exceptional scope: choice function approaches seem to run into a paradox that alternative approaches, such as Schwarszchild’s Singleton Indefinite approach, avoid. I also argue that an alternative semantic approach to binding resistance yields no fruit. Finally, I show that only small indefinites can be used as predicates, thus bolstering the approach taken in these pages. Luis LópezUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticleindefinitesadverbs of quantificationbindingwh-wordschoice functionsSingleton IndefinitesRomanic languagesPC1-5498Philology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENIsogloss, Vol 7 (2021)
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spellingShingle	indefinites adverbs of quantification binding wh-words choice functions Singleton Indefinites Romanic languages PC1-5498 Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Luis López "Algún" indefinite is not bound by adverbs of quantification
description	Some indefinites cannot be bound by adverbs of quantification or the generic operator. I argue that this datum follows from the internal syntax of indefinites: only those indefinites consisting of a minimal structure can be bound, bigger indefinites cannot. I present evidence from Spanish, Russian and English to support this claim. Two theoretical consequences follow. The first one is about wh-dependencies: I argue that wh-phrases cannot be regarded as noun phrases with an extra [wh] feature, but rather as very small indefinites without additional features. The second one involves exceptional scope: choice function approaches seem to run into a paradox that alternative approaches, such as Schwarszchild’s Singleton Indefinite approach, avoid. I also argue that an alternative semantic approach to binding resistance yields no fruit. Finally, I show that only small indefinites can be used as predicates, thus bolstering the approach taken in these pages.
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"Algún" indefinite is not bound by adverbs of quantification

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