Quantifying over hidden (parts of) events

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F22%3A00129281" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129281 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.glossa-journal.org/article/id/6564/" target="_blank" >https://www.glossa-journal.org/article/id/6564/</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.16995/glossa.6564" target="_blank" >10.16995/glossa.6564</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Quantifying over hidden (parts of) events
Original language 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.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-16107S" target="_blank" >GA20-16107S: Part-whole structures across languages</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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