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Locality eﬀects in Composition with Plurals and Conjunctions.

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正題名/作者:	Locality eﬀects in Composition with Plurals and Conjunctions./
作者:	Harada, Masashi.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (119 pages)
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-10, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International84-10A.
標題:	Linguistics. -
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Locality eﬀects in Composition with Plurals and Conjunctions.
Harada, Masashi.

Locality eﬀects in Composition with Plurals and Conjunctions. - 1 online resource (119 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-10, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University (Canada), 2022.

Includes bibliographical references

This dissertation investigates semantic composition of sentences with a plural such as the boy typed the two recipes. While it is standardly assumed that plural nouns like the two recipes denote pluralities like {recipe1,recipe2}, there is no consensus about the meanings of expressions including a plural like typed the two recipes. A traditional approach assumes such expressions as typed the two recipes denote singularities like {type({recipe1,recipe2})} (e.g., Link 1983, Krifka 1989, Beck and Sauerland 2000). On the other hand, a more recent approach assumes such expressions denote pluralities like {TYPE(recipe1),TYPE(recipe2)} (e.g., Gawron and Kehler 2004, Kubota and Levine 2016, Schmitt 2020). Note that under the recent approach, the part structures of plural nouns 'project' to the meanings of the expressions including the plurals; typed the two recipes denotes a doubleton set just like the two recipes does. As a result, recipe1 and recipe2 in {type(recipe1),type(recipe2)} in some sense continue to be accessible in composition under the recent approach. In this dissertation, I observe that plural projection, i.e., projection of the part structures of plurals, enables the recent approach to capture some semantic 'non-local relations' easily unlike the traditional approach without the assumption about plural projection, but plural projection also causes overgeneration. Thus, one primary claim of this dissertation is that the need for plural projection is unclear. On the other hand, I also observe that whereas grammar does not seem to allow for the part structures of non-conjunctive plurals to project, it should allow for the part structures of conjunctions to project, and thus conjunctive projection should be possible. Therefore, this dissertation demonstrates that both the traditional and recent approach are partially correct (the traditional approach is correct for the unavailability of plural projection, and the recent approach is correct for the availability of conjunctive projection).After Chapter 1 provides a brief overview of this dissertation, Chapter 2 first demonstrates that the need for plural projection is unclear. The arguments for this claim come from novel observations about locality of the so-called cumulativity, i.e., a phenomenon in which sentences with multiple plurals have very weak truth conditions. It will be shown that whereas plural projection serves to capture locality of some cumulativity that is argued to be difficult to capture without plural projection, plural projection is not sufficient to capture locality of other cumulativity. Moreover, it will be shown that plural projection causes overgeneration. On the other hand, Chapter 2 develops an analysis of cumulativity that can capture locality of all the relevant types of cumulativity without plural projection. Thus, Chapter 2 argues that the need for plural projection is unclear.Whereas Chapter 2 casts doubt on the need for plural projection, Chapter 3 demonstrates that conjunctive projection should be possible. The arguments for this claim come from novel observations about locality of relations between an order-sensitive operator like 'in turn' and its target plural. For instance, I will present some minimal pairs consisting of sentences with a conjunction and a non-conjunctive plural, and show that only the former allows a non-local relation between an order-sensitive operator like 'in turn' and its target plural. Based on such observations, Chapter 3 argues that conjunctive projection should be possible while the need for plural projection is unclear. Chapter 3 also illustrates how conjunctive projection can be implemented in an analysis of plurals, and presents when conjunctive projection seems prevented.The primary conclusion of this dissertation that conjunctive projection should be available while plural projection is not suggests that we must diversify grammar of conjunctions and non-conjunctive plurals.

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Locality eﬀects in Composition with Plurals and Conjunctions.
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520 $a This dissertation investigates semantic composition of sentences with a plural such as the boy typed the two recipes. While it is standardly assumed that plural nouns like the two recipes denote pluralities like {recipe1,recipe2}, there is no consensus about the meanings of expressions including a plural like typed the two recipes. A traditional approach assumes such expressions as typed the two recipes denote singularities like {type({recipe1,recipe2})} (e.g., Link 1983, Krifka 1989, Beck and Sauerland 2000). On the other hand, a more recent approach assumes such expressions denote pluralities like {TYPE(recipe1),TYPE(recipe2)} (e.g., Gawron and Kehler 2004, Kubota and Levine 2016, Schmitt 2020). Note that under the recent approach, the part structures of plural nouns 'project' to the meanings of the expressions including the plurals; typed the two recipes denotes a doubleton set just like the two recipes does. As a result, recipe1 and recipe2 in {type(recipe1),type(recipe2)} in some sense continue to be accessible in composition under the recent approach. In this dissertation, I observe that plural projection, i.e., projection of the part structures of plurals, enables the recent approach to capture some semantic 'non-local relations' easily unlike the traditional approach without the assumption about plural projection, but plural projection also causes overgeneration. Thus, one primary claim of this dissertation is that the need for plural projection is unclear. On the other hand, I also observe that whereas grammar does not seem to allow for the part structures of non-conjunctive plurals to project, it should allow for the part structures of conjunctions to project, and thus conjunctive projection should be possible. Therefore, this dissertation demonstrates that both the traditional and recent approach are partially correct (the traditional approach is correct for the unavailability of plural projection, and the recent approach is correct for the availability of conjunctive projection).After Chapter 1 provides a brief overview of this dissertation, Chapter 2 first demonstrates that the need for plural projection is unclear. The arguments for this claim come from novel observations about locality of the so-called cumulativity, i.e., a phenomenon in which sentences with multiple plurals have very weak truth conditions. It will be shown that whereas plural projection serves to capture locality of some cumulativity that is argued to be difficult to capture without plural projection, plural projection is not sufficient to capture locality of other cumulativity. Moreover, it will be shown that plural projection causes overgeneration. On the other hand, Chapter 2 develops an analysis of cumulativity that can capture locality of all the relevant types of cumulativity without plural projection. Thus, Chapter 2 argues that the need for plural projection is unclear.Whereas Chapter 2 casts doubt on the need for plural projection, Chapter 3 demonstrates that conjunctive projection should be possible. The arguments for this claim come from novel observations about locality of relations between an order-sensitive operator like 'in turn' and its target plural. For instance, I will present some minimal pairs consisting of sentences with a conjunction and a non-conjunctive plural, and show that only the former allows a non-local relation between an order-sensitive operator like 'in turn' and its target plural. Based on such observations, Chapter 3 argues that conjunctive projection should be possible while the need for plural projection is unclear. Chapter 3 also illustrates how conjunctive projection can be implemented in an analysis of plurals, and presents when conjunctive projection seems prevented.The primary conclusion of this dissertation that conjunctive projection should be available while plural projection is not suggests that we must diversify grammar of conjunctions and non-conjunctive plurals.
520 $a La pr´esente th`ese ´etudie la composition s´emantique des phrases comprenant un pluriel (c'est- `a-dire une conjonction ou un pluriel non-conjonctif) telles que le gar¸con tapa les deux recettes. Tandis que l'on pr´esume normalement que les noms pluriels comme les deux recettes d´enotent une pluralit´e telle que {recette1,recette2}, il n'y a pas de consensus sur le sens des expressions qui contiennent un pluriel comme tapa les deux recettes. Une approche traditionnelle sugg`ere que les expressions comme tapa les deux recettes d´enotent des singularit´es comme {tapa({recette1,recette2})} (par ex. Link 1983, Krifka 1989, Beck and Sauerland 2000). En revanche, une approche plus r´ecente sugg`ere que de telles expressions d´enotent des pluralit´es comme {tapa(recette1),tapa(recette2)} (par ex. Gawron and Kehler 2004, Kubota and Levine 2016, Schmitt 2020). D'apr`es cette approche r´ecente, la structure m´er´eologique de noms pluriels se « projette » dans le sens des expressions contenant ces pluriels; tapa les deux recettes d´enote un ensemble `a deux membres tout autant que les deux recettes. Par cons´equent, d'apr`es cette approche r´ecente, recette1 et recette2 dans {tapa(recette1),tapa(recette2)} continuent d'ˆetre accessibles en quelque sorte dans la composition (en tant que partie d'une fonction). Dans cette th`ese, j'observe que la projection des pluriels, c'est-`a-dire la projection de la structure m´er´eologique des pluriels, permet `a cette approche r´ecente de facilement mod´eliser des relations s´emantiques « non-locales », contrairement `a l'approche traditionnelle qui manque cette sorte de projection, mais que la projection des pluriels cause aussi de la surg´en´eration. Ainsi, une suggestion principale de cette th`ese est qu'il n'est pas clair que la projection des pluriels soit n´ecessaire. Par contre, j'observe aussi que, bien que la grammaire ne paraisse pas permettre `a la structure m´er´eologique des pluriels non-conjonctifs de se projeter, elle doit permettre `a la structure m´er´eologique des conjonctions de se projeter, et donc la projection conjonctive doit ˆetre possible. Ainsi, cette th`ese d´emontre que les approches traditionnelle et r´ecente sont toutes les deux partiellement correctes (l'approche traditionnelle stipule correctement qu'il n'y a pas de projection des pluriels, et l'approche r´ecente stipule correctement qu'il existe de la projection conjonctive).Apr`es que le chapitre 1 fournit un bref survol de la th`ese, le chapitre 2 commence en d´emontrant qu'il n'est pas clair qu'il doive exister de la projection des pluriels. L'argumentation provient de nouvelles observations sur la localit´e de la cumulativit´e, le ph´enom`ene dans lequel les phrases comprenant plusieurs pluriels comme les deux gar¸cons tap`erent les deux recettes ont des conditions de v´erit´e tr`es faibles. Il sera d´emontr´e que, tandis que la projection des pluriels r´eussit `a mod´eliser la localit´e de certains cas de cumulativit´e qui sont argument´es d'ˆetre difficiles `a mod´eliser sans la projection des pluriels, la projection des pluriels est insuffisante pour mod´eliser la localit´e d'autres cas de cumulativit´e. Qui plus est, il sera d´emontr´e que la projection des pluriels cause de la surg´en´eration. En revanche, le chapitre 2 d´eveloppe une analyse de la cumulativit´e qui peut mod´eliser la localit´e de tous les types de cumulativit´e pertinents sans projection des pluriels, y inclus les donn´ees o`u la projection des pluriels surg´en`ere.
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