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Remarks and replies: The syntax of quantifiers and quantifier float

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Benmamoun, E
Published in: Linguistic Inquiry
January 1, 1999

The Arabic quantifier kull displays a Q_NP and NP_Q alternation. Shlonsky (1991) argues that in both patterns Q heads a QP projection with the NP as a complement that may undergo movement to [Spec, QP] or beyond to yield the NP_Q pattern and Q-float structures. On the contrary, I argue on the basis of evidence from reconstruction, Case, and agreement that the two patterns are radically different. In the Q_NP pattern Q is indeed the head of a QP projection that contains the NP. In the NP_Q pattern, however, Q heads a QP adjunct that modifies the NP and in some cases the VP. © 1999 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Linguistic Inquiry

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0024-3892

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0024-3892

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

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30

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4

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621 / 642

Related Subject Headings

  • Languages & Linguistics
  • 4704 Linguistics
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
 

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Benmamoun, E. (1999). Remarks and replies: The syntax of quantifiers and quantifier float. Linguistic Inquiry, 30(4), 621–642. https://doi.org/10.1162/002438999554237
Benmamoun, E. “Remarks and replies: The syntax of quantifiers and quantifier float.” Linguistic Inquiry 30, no. 4 (January 1, 1999): 621–42. https://doi.org/10.1162/002438999554237.
Benmamoun E. Remarks and replies: The syntax of quantifiers and quantifier float. Linguistic Inquiry. 1999 Jan 1;30(4):621–42.
Benmamoun, E. “Remarks and replies: The syntax of quantifiers and quantifier float.” Linguistic Inquiry, vol. 30, no. 4, Jan. 1999, pp. 621–42. Scopus, doi:10.1162/002438999554237.
Benmamoun E. Remarks and replies: The syntax of quantifiers and quantifier float. Linguistic Inquiry. 1999 Jan 1;30(4):621–642.
Journal cover image

Published In

Linguistic Inquiry

DOI

EISSN

0024-3892

ISSN

0024-3892

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

30

Issue

4

Start / End Page

621 / 642

Related Subject Headings

  • Languages & Linguistics
  • 4704 Linguistics
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences