Date: 01-Jul-2008 From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com> Subject: Q-Adverbs as Selective Binders: Hinterwimmer E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Q-Adverbs as Selective Binders
Subtitle: The Quantificational Variability of Free Relatives and Definite DPs
Series Title: Interface Explorations [IE] 14
Published: 2008
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
http://www.mouton-publishers.com
Author: Stefan Hinterwimmer
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110196290 Pages: 289 Price: Europe EURO 98.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110196290 Pages: 289 Price: U.S. $ 157.00 Comment: For orders placed in North America only.
Abstract:
This book deals with the interpretation of adverbially quantified sentences containing definite DPs and Free Relatives (FR) Thereby, it concentrates on the origins of Quantificational Variability Effects (QVEs), i.e. readings according to which the respective quantificational adverb seems to quantify over the individuals denoted by the respective DP/FR.
QVEs are usually discussed only in connection with singular indefinites and bare plurals. This book therefore provides the first comprehensive account of QVEs with definite DPs and Free Relatives (while also discussing singular indefinites and bare plurals). Presenting new empirical observations and arguments for the assumption that Q-adverbs quantify over situations exclusively, it is also an important contribution to the theoretical debate concerning the quantificational domain of Q-adverbs.
It is of interest to linguists working in formal semantics and the syntax-semantics interface as well as to philosophers of language who are interested in adverbial quantification and situation semantics. Furthermore, it offers an introduction to the core issues of situation semantics and adverbial quantification and is therefore accessible to graduate students interested in these topics.
Linguistic Field(s):
Linguistic Theories
Semantics
Syntax
linguistlist.org>
E-mail this message to a friend
