scholarly journals Measure Phrase Equatives and Modified Numerals

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Rett
Keyword(s):  
Measure Phrase ◽  
Modified Numerals

Mass/count

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Gillon ◽  
Nicole Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Count Nouns ◽  
Measure Phrase ◽  
Plural Marking

This chapter investigates the mass/count distinction in Michif. In many languages, mass and count nouns are distinguished via the (in)ability to occur with plural marking, the (in)ability to occur with numerals without a measure phrase, and the (in)ability to occur with certain quantifiers (Jespersen 1909; Chierchia 1998). However, these diagnostics do not apply to all languages. For example, in Inuttut (Labrador Inuktitut), none of those diagnostics distinguishes between mass and count nouns, but there are other diagnostics that do (Gillon 2012). This chapter shows that Michif displays a split: in one part of the grammar, the three diagnostics distinguish between mass and count nouns, and in another part, the diagnostics do not. This shows that Michif disambiguates between French-derived vocabulary and Algonquian-derived vocabulary, which complicates the notion that the Michif DP is French (Bakker 1997).

scholarly journals Comparative modified numerals revisited: scalar implicatures, granularity and blindness to context

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Émile Enguehard
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Implicatures ◽  
Basic Pattern ◽  
Modified Numerals

We present a theory of the pragmatics of comparative modified numerals such as “more than~5”. Our proposal is based on the assumption that they trigger alternatives derived from discrete “granularity scales”. This is sufficient to explain the basic pattern of scalar implicatures from comparative numerals; we then show how extra assumptions of blind exhaustification and QUD uncertainty refine the prediction in that we can explain how and when comparative numerals trigger irrelevance inferences.

Modified numerals

2012 ◽  
pp. 161-176
Author(s):  
Anna Szabolcsi
Keyword(s):  
Modified Numerals

Modified Numerals

2019 ◽  
pp. 177-194
Author(s):  
Rick Nouwen ◽  
Stavroula Alexandropoulou ◽  
Yaron McNabb
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Linguistic Context ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Semantics And Pragmatics ◽  
Modified Numerals ◽  
Theoretical Issues

This chapter discusses the use of experimental methods for probing the semantics and pragmatics of numeral modification. Modified numerals, like ‘at least 3’ or ‘more than 2’, are interesting from a theoretical point of view because they give rise to a range of implicature-like inferences depending on the form of the modifier and the immediate linguistic context. The chapter discusses both studies that aim to counter or support existing theoretical proposals in the literature and studies that bring in entirely new theoretical issues. It also reflects on methodological issues in this area.

Phantom readings: the case of modified numerals

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 462-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Marty ◽  
Emmanuel Chemla ◽  
Benjamin Spector
Keyword(s):  
Modified Numerals

Adjectival Inflection and the Position of Measure Phrases

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Measure Phrases ◽  
Measure Phrase ◽  
Adjectival Inflection ◽  
The Subject

Corver (2009) accounts for the postadjectival placement of the measure phrase in Romance by preposing the adjectival phrase over the measure phrase. I show that this movement serves to avoid violating locality when the T head tries to enter into a multiple agreement relation with the adjective as well as with the subject. I also suggest that the feature content of the potentially intervening measure phrase influences the range of parametric options.

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