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Quantifying over hidden (parts of) events

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WĄGIEL Marcin

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.16995/glossa.6564
Keywords adjectives; quantification; events; part-whole structure; roles
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Description In this paper, I investigate certain intriguing properties of two types of quantificational adjectives exemplified by the English `two-time' and `double' and their interactions with event semantics. I explore their semantic behavior in phrases such as `two-time champion' and `double murder' and show that they operate on hidden eventive components within the semantics of the modified NPs. Building on Zobel's (2017) analysis of social roles and Wągiel's (2018) theory of subatomic quantification, I propose an analysis that accounts for their puzzling properties. In particular, I argue that `two-time' counts events of acquiring of a salient and conventionalized social role by an individual, whereas `double' is a subatomic quantifier that counts essential parts of an event.
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