(Non)floating Quantifiers in Japanese
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This paper suggests that the continuation-passing style (CPS), a classic technique commonly used in computer science but that has recently been successfully applied to linguistics as in the case of Barker (2002) and others, accounts for different interpretations for floating quantifiers (FQ) and non-floating quantifiers (nonFQ). In a determinerless language such as Japanese, the interpretation changes with the word order, i.e., FQs correspond to indefinites, while nonFQs are considered to be definites in meaning. This paper discusses the semantic function of floating numerals (FN) as indefinite determiners and nonfloating numerals (nonFN) as definite determiners.
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Semantic Properties of (Non-)Floating Quantifiers and their Syntactic Implications1
It is well-known that, in Japanese, classifier phrases (ClPs) (e.g., 3 classifier) or measure phrases (MPs) (e.g., 3 liters) can ‘float’ in that they can be separated from the host noun, as in (1b) and (2b).2 ClPs and MPs in this configuration are referred to as floating quantifiers (FQs), and their non-floated counterparts in (1a) and (2a) in which ClPs or MPs are adjacent to their host noun a...
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