NULL DETERMINERS AND QUANTIFIERS SEPT 24 2012 DAY

NULL DETERMINERS AND QUANTIFIERS SEPT. 24, 2012 D–AY 12 Introduction to Syntax ANTH 3590/7590 Harry Howard Tulane University

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9/24/12 4 The quiz was the review. ANTH 3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane REVIEW

9/24/12 5 Radford § 3. 9 ANTH 3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane NULL DETERMINERS AND QUANTIFIERS

NULL DETERMINERS Det + noun (demonstratives) ANTH 3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane [Det. P [Det the] [N book]] also this, that, these, those 9/24/12 Names or proper nouns John admires Mary. (76) John and the chairman are attending a meeting. (79) John takes {himself/*herself/*ourselves} too seriously, {doesn’t {he/*she}/*don’t we}? (cf. 80) El Juan admira a la María. (cf. 77 in Greek) [Det. P ø John], where ø = 3 rd. Sg Pronoun + noun we linguists, you idiots [Det. P we linguists], [Det. P you idiots] 6

NULL QUANTIFIERS Q + noun 9/24/12 [QP [Q a] [N book]] also some, many, each, all, few, most, etc. ANTH 3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane Bare NPs Partitive sentences I’d like toast and some coffee please. (82 b) … [QP ø toast] and [QP some coffee]… (82 b) ø ≈ some Generic sentences Eggs and many dairy products cause cholesterol. (82 a) [QP ø eggs] and [QP many dairy products] … (82 a) ø ≈ all, but … Humans give birth to live young. … but not me. (generics allow exceptions) All humans give birth to live young. (all doesn’t allow exceptions) 7

Ø VS. ENOUGH enough Generic (w/ singular mass nouns) I wrote poetry. I’ve read enough poetry. Partitive (w/ plural count nouns) I wrote poems. I’ve read enough poems. * Singular count nouns *I wrote poem. *I’ve read enough poem. ANTH 3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane ø 9/24/12 Type 8

EX 3. 1, P. 114 FF 9/24/10 Put 1 -10 on board. I don’t agree with Radford’s intuitions, but these examples presumably show some influence of ccommand. ANTH 3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane 9

9/24/12 Do exercise 3. 1 & 3. 2 to go over in class 10 Head movement § 4. 1 - 4. 3 ANTH 3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane NEXT TIME