Nouns and Noun Phrases - University of Macau Library

Pre-determiners 979
c. *Wat die wijn betreft, ik heb reeds een prijskaartje aan alle gegeven.
what that wine concerns I have already a price.tag to all given
While the result of independent forms in subject, direct object and indirect
object positions can systematically be improved by insertion of a plural pronoun to
the left of the quantifiers, a more complex picture emerges when they function as the
complement of a PP. The (a)-examples in (98) show that the [+HUMAN] examples in
(96a) and (97a) become perfectly grammatical by inserting the strong pronoun hen,
but not when we insert the weak pronoun ze. This peculiar fact that the weak
pronoun cannot be used when the quantifier is the complement of a preposition
probably also accounts for the fact, illustrated in the (b)-examples in (98), that
insertion of a plural pronoun does not improve the [-HUMAN] cases in (96b) and
(97b), given that strong pronouns cannot be used to refer to [-HUMAN] entities; cf.
Section 5.2.1.1.5, as well as Sections 7.1.2.2.1, sub II, and 7.1.2.2.2, sub II).
(98) a. Ik heb reeds een uitnodiging aan hen/*ze alle twee/allebei gestuurd.
I have already an invitation to them all two/all-both sent
a′. Ik heb reeds een uitnodiging aan hen/*ze allen/beiden gestuurd.
I have already an invitation to them all/both sent
b. *Ik heb net een plaats aan hen/ze alle twee/allebei gegeven.
I have just a place to them all two/all-both given
b′. *Ik heb net een plaats aan hen/ze alle/beide gegeven.
I have just a place to them all/both given
The contrast in acceptability between the strong and weak form of the pronoun
in the (a)-examples suggests that the modifier must form a constituent with the
pronoun when it functions as the complement of a PP; cf. Section 7.1.2.2.2, sub IID.
This seems to be confirmed by the fact that scrambling or topicalization of the PP
must pied pipe the quantifier. This is illustrated in (99) for (98a) with allen.
(99) a. Ik heb aan hen reeds een uitnodiging gestuurd.
I have to them all already an invitation sent
b. Aan hen heb ik reeds een uitnodiging gestuurd.
to them all have I already an invitation sent
From this we can safely conclude that the modifier and the pronoun form a
constituent. This may also account for the fact that examples like (100) featuring the
pronominal PP waar ... aan as indirect object are ungrammatical when the
quantifier is present.
(100) a. mijn vrienden waar ik een uitnodiging aan (*allen) gestuurd heb
my friends where I an invitation to all sent have
‘my friends to whom I have sent an invitation’
b. de artikelen waar ik net een plaats aan (*alle) gegeven heb
the articles where I just a place to all given have
‘the article to which I have just given a place’
The reason for the ungrammaticality is that R-pronominalization is excluded when
the pronoun is part of a larger phrase. This is illustrated for the existentially