WĄGIEL, Marcin and Jan Wojciech WIŚLICKI. Semantic recursion in numerical expressions : Evidence from Polish and Japanese. In 31st Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL 31), 25/06/2022, McMaster University. 2022.
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Original name Semantic recursion in numerical expressions : Evidence from Polish and Japanese
Authors WĄGIEL, Marcin (616 Poland, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jan Wojciech WIŚLICKI (616 Poland).
Edition 31st Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL 31), 25/06/2022, McMaster University, 2022.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher Canada
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW Odkaz na web konference
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129366
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English recursion; semantic recursion; numerals; numerical quantifiers; subatomic quantification; self-call; Polish; Japanese
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. et Mgr. Lucie Racyn, učo 445546. Changed: 28/2/2023 17:30.
Abstract
In this talk, we investigate previously unnoticed cases of linguistic recursion arising without Merge, i.e., within terminals. Based on the cross-linguistic behavior of the numerical expression double and two-time, we demonstrate that certain NPs give rise to a purely semantic recursion and formulate restrictions under which this effect emerges. The puzzle, we show, lies in that such recursion is neither fed by Merge, nor is it overtly marked. We propose that recursion arises as the only way to circumvent the emergence of an unbound and unrestricted variable.
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GA20-16107S, research and development projectName: Struktury část-celek napříč jazyky
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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