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All (this time) have passed the-exam
h. 1. ?Chiunque (???in Brasile) lo possono derubbare
Anybody (in Brasil) him-they-can rob
2. Chiunque (?in Brasile) ti può derubbare
Anybody (in Brasil) you-he-can rob
0 i. 1. ??Tutti (???domani) li vedrò alla riunione
All (tomorrow) them-I'll-see at-the meeting
2. Tutti (domani) andranno alla riunione
All (tomorrow) will-go to-the meeting
j. 1. *Qualcuno (pocco fa) l'hanno chiuso nel bagno
Somebody (just now) him-have locked in-the bathroom
2. Qualcuno (pocco fa) si è chiuso nel bagno
Somebody (just now) himself-has locked in-the tathrm.
k. 1. ?*Tutti gli studenti (oggi) li vedrò in classe
All the students (today) them-I'll-see in class
2. Tutti gli studenti (oggi) verranno a vedermi
All the students (today) will-come to see-me
* * *
Apart from their quantified status, there are other facts that point to the 'different nature'
of preverbal subjects in NSLs w.r.t. preverbal subjects in non-NSLs. These concern overt
pronouns. Montalbetti (1984) noticed that subject strong pronouns 161 in NSLs are not able to be
bound variables. In 0, for instance, ells can only be interpreted as bound by tots els estudiants 'all
the students' in the group reading:
161 For non-subject strong pronouns, Montalbetti's
Generalization only would hold when there is no 'weaker' option
(such as a definite clitic). See Rigau (1988).
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