Adjectival quantification over hidden events

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Adjectival quantification over hidden 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. Based on a corpus study data and native speaker judgments, I explore the distribution and semantic behavior of two-time and double 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. The results indicate that nominal semantics is more complex than typically assumed and call for adopting a richer ontology and a more nuanced mechanisms of quantification.
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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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