Non-Neutral Interpretation of Adjectives under Measure Phrase Modification
Non-Neutral Interpretation of Adjectives under Measure Phrase Modification
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量词修饰下形容词的非中性解释
DOI:
10.1007/s10831-013-9103-5
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
0.5
通讯作者:
渡邉明
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作者:
Watanabe;Akira;渡邉明;渡邉明
This paper shows that a measure phrase andposare not necessarily incompatible, contrary to the conclusion reached from the study of English. I propose that a measure phrase appears in a projection lower than the one that hostspos, on the basis of the detailed investigation into Japanese adjectival structures featuring a measure phrase, structures that have not received proper attention in the past. I also provide compositional semantics that allows the co-occurrence of a measure phrase andpos, together with an account of why English and Japanese differ in this particular respect. Furthermore, the analysis proposed in this paper alters the view on the morphological profile of adjectives in Japanese. The new perspective presented is supported by cross-linguistic data.