On word order and non-conservative percentage quantification in
Slavic and German

J 2023

On word order and non-conservative percentage quantification in Slavic and German

GEHRKE, Berit a Marcin WĄGIEL

Základní údaje

Originální název

On word order and non-conservative percentage quantification in Slavic and German

Autoři

GEHRKE, Berit (276 Německo) a Marcin WĄGIEL (616 Polsko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS, ENGLAND, UBIQUITY PRESS LTD, 2023, 2397-1835

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Plný text výsledku na webových stránkách časopisu

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.900

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00134044

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

https://doi.org/10.16995/glossa.5803

UT WoS

000993919600003

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85147411310

Klíčová slova anglicky

conservativity; percentage quantifier; information structure; word order; relative measurement; proportion

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 6. 2. 2024 10:36, Mgr. et Mgr. Lucie Racyn

Anotace

V originále

This paper discusses conservative and non-conservative construals of percentage quantifiers (%Qs), e.g., 50% of the women vs. 50% women, in Slavic and German. Based on data from corpora and cross-linguistic questionnaires, we make the novel empirical generalization that word order plays a crucial role in distinguishing between these two readings, irrespective of whether there is an additional difference between definite vs. bare nominals (German, Bulgarian, Macedonian) or not (the other Slavic languages). Specifically, non-conservative %Qs appear low in the structure, inside the VP, whereas conservative %Qs either appear in their canonical position, depending on their syntactic role as subject or object (German, Bulgarian), or high/VP-externally (the other Slavic languages). We propose that non-conservative %Qs are always interpreted low and combine with the predicate on a par with semantically incorporated nominals and, with intransitves, existential constructions. We argue against previous accounts that ascribe a crucial role to focus for the non-conservative reading to arise, in taking focus to merely be derivative from the requirement of non-conservative %Qs to appear low, paired with a general rule for sentential stress placement.

Návaznosti

GA20-16107S, projekt VaV

Název: Struktury část-celek napříč jazyky

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Struktury část-celek napříč jazyky

Citovat

GEHRKE, Berit a Marcin WĄGIEL. On word order and non-conservative percentage quantification in Slavic and German. GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS. ENGLAND: UBIQUITY PRESS LTD, 2023, roč. 8, č. 1, s. 1-48. ISSN 2397-1835. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.16995/glossa.5803.

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GEHRKE, Berit a Marcin WĄGIEL. On word order and non-conservative percentage quantification in Slavic and German. \textit{GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS}. ENGLAND: UBIQUITY PRESS LTD, 2023, roč.~8, č.~1, s.~1-48. ISSN~2397-1835. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.16995/glossa.5803.

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