The Case of Bare Plurals and Plural Definites. - Institut für Linguistik ...
The Case of Bare Plurals and Plural Definites. - Institut für Linguistik ...
The Case of Bare Plurals and Plural Definites. - Institut für Linguistik ...
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Data: Singular Indefinites<br />
• In sentences with singular indefinites, the tense<br />
markings <strong>of</strong> the relative clause verbs <strong>and</strong> the matrix<br />
verbs have to agree:<br />
(5)<br />
??<br />
A car that was bought in the eighties is usually blue.<br />
(6) A car that was bought in the eighties was usually blue.<br />
(7) Most cars that were bought in the eighties are blue.<br />
• If Q-adverbs were unselective binders, the<br />
acceptability difference between (5) <strong>and</strong> (6) as well as<br />
between (5) <strong>and</strong> (7) cannot be accounted for.<br />
• Q-adverbs unambiguously quantify over eventuality<br />
variables.<br />
Indefinites <strong>and</strong> Weak Quantifiers, Brussels 2005
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