Novel data in Thai suggest that quantifier float, properly
\nanalyzed, lends further merit to the idea that quantifiers and
\nargument NPs do not always join the clause as a single DP. More
\nspecifically, Thai data suggest that quantifier float occurs when an
\nadverb is base generated in its scope position, triggering covert
\nmovement of an argument NP. Thai has SVOAdv word order, with floated
\nquantifiers appearing in adverbial positions. I present arguments
\nagainst a “pure” stranding analysis, where the NP is always generated
\nQ-internally and then moved, as well as arguments against Q-float as
\nextraposition. However, island sensitivity and the interpretation of
\nthese quantifiers suggest that they are directly associated with
\nargument NPs by movement. In order to resolve this conflict, I rely on
\nthree notions: a) base generation of FQs in their scope positions b)
\nQR via movement or reconstruction to somewhere in the Thai middlefield
\nby an NP and c) generalized VP-raising. I will also try to show that
\nthat this analysis can account for the typology of quantifier float in
\nclassifier languages, which is limited to languages which allow the
\nDP-internal order N-Q-Cl.<\/P><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Please join us for this week’s ling-lunch: Speaker: Peter Jenks (Harvard) Time: Thurs 3\/11, 12:30-1:45 Place: 32-D461 Title: Quantifier float, adverbs, and scope in Thai Novel data in Thai suggest that quantifier float, properly analyzed, lends further merit to the idea that quantifiers and argument NPs do not always join the clause as a single […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-talks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1364,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}