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Semantic recursion in numerical expressions : Evidence from Polish and Japanese

WĄGIEL, Marcin and Jan Wojciech WIŚLICKI

Basic information

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Canada

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

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

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 28/2/2023 17:30, Mgr. et Mgr. Lucie Racyn

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

GA20-16107S, research and development project
Name: Struktury část-celek napříč jazyky
Investor: Czech Science Foundation