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Quantificational Topics

Part of the Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy Book Series (volume 86)

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2303-2

ISBN: 978-90-481-2302-5

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2009

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Chapter 1Introduction

Endriss, Cornelia

Pages: 1 –17

[This book is dedicated to two major issues: topicality and exceptional wide scope, which are not as unrelated as one might assume. In this introduction, I will acquaint the reader with the notions that will be needed for the discussions in subsequent chapters and briefly lay out the proposal I...
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Chapter 2Topicality

Endriss, Cornelia

Pages: 19 –56

[The concept of topicality has been around for many years, partly under different notions (cf. e.g. ‘das psychologische Subjekt’ (the psychological subject) in Paul, 1880). Topicality is furthermore understood in extremely different ways. In 1981, Reinhart (1981, p. 4) writes: Although the...
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Chapter 3Genuine and Apparent Scope Readings

Endriss, Cornelia

Pages: 57 –106

[Having pointed out my view of topicality, I will now set the stage for the second main topic of this book, which are the exceptional wide scope phenomena. In this chapter, I will discuss the highly controversial term specificity, which will in the end be argued to be a notion that only makes...
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Chapter 4Exceptional Wide Scope

Endriss, Cornelia

Pages: 107 –185

[As could be seen in the preceding chapter, indefinites can take scope wider than operators that c-command them at the surface. I repeat example (3.24a) below as (4.1a). (4.1b) gives an example of a strong quantifier that is c-commanded by an indefinite.]
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Chapter 5Semantic Effects of Topicality

Endriss, Cornelia

Pages: 187 –211

[We have seen so far that certain indefinites can be marked as topical (cf. Chapter 2) and that exactly these indefinites allow for exceptional wide scope (cf. Chapter 4). In this chapter, I will relate these two observations to each other. I will give reasons why topical indefinites usually...
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Chapter 6ExceptionalWide Scope as a Topic Phenomenon

Endriss, Cornelia

Pages: 213 –269

[In this chapter, I will propose my account of the interpretation of topical quantifiers, which is at the same time an account of exceptional wide scope phenomena. The approach to the interpretation of quantificational topics can be understood as an elaboration on how exactly the previously...
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Chapter 7Conclusion

Endriss, Cornelia

Pages: 271 –279

[Exceptional wide scope is a consequence of the correct treatment of topical quantifiers. This book sought to explain the exceptional wide scope behavior of certain kinds of quantifiers (among which I count the indefinites) on the basis of their topical status. My central claim was the following:...

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