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Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Scope dependency in English and Chinese // Feng-hsi Liu.
Author:	Liu, Feng-hsi,
Description:	1 electronic resource (228 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 52-06, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International52-06A.
Subject:	Linguistics. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9033994
ISBN:	9798207285054

Scope dependency in English and Chinese /
Liu, Feng-hsi,

Scope dependency in English and Chinese /Feng-hsi Liu. - 1 electronic resource (228 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 52-06, Section: A.

This thesis studies scope dependency among NPs in English and Chinese. I address the following issues. First, I examine basic transitive sentences in English and I show that contrary to what is generally assumed in the literature, scope ambiguity is only possible in limited environments and its availability depends on the choice of NPs. I then divide NPs into generalized specific (G-specific) and non-specific NPs, in terms of how they relate to other NPs with respect to scope. The central proposal of the thesis, then, is that this classification of NPs plays an important role in natural languages. It is not only essential in specifying scope relations but also relevant in other areas of syntax and semantics. Thus I show that the branching reading is available when G-specific NPs are involved. Further, there is evidence suggesting that this generalization holds cross-linguistically as well. I then show that G-specificity solves two descriptive problems in Chinese syntax. First, it makes precise the old observation that subjects in Chinese tend to be definite. I suggest that this tendency be strengthened as a restriction on determiners: subject NP determiners must be G-specific. In addition, the generalization so stated allows no exceptions. Second, I show that the NPs that can be quantified by the universal quantifier dou are precisely ones that are G-specific. Finally, I argue that G-specificity offers an account of the subject/object asymmetry observed in wh/quantifier interactions. I show that the asymmetry is found in multiple quantification as well. I then compare the proposed analysis with the QR approach advocated by May. I argue that the QR approach cannot be made to work because it relies on the questionable assumption that scope is purely a structural phenomenon and that scope interpretation is determined at LF.

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