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A Note on the Quantificational Expression Dou in Mandarin Chinese

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Abstract According to the literature, dou in Chinese is an element which quantifies the NP preceding it. In this paper, I argue that dou also affects the interpretation of the Event appearing after it. I propo...se syntactic functions of dou, summarized as follows:i. Dou is located in the Spec position of the Event and is the head of the predicate taking α (an NP which c-commands dou) and the Event as arguments.ii. Dou divides α into n pieces.iii. Dou divides the Event into m pieces.iv. The operations (ii) and (iii) must universally apply to α and to the Event.show more
Table of Contents 1. はじめに 2. 説明対象となる現象 3. 分析 4. Cheng(1995) 5. 今後の課題

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