Case Configuration and Noun Phrase Interpretation.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The semantics of noun phrases -- 0. Introduction -- 1. NPs as generalized qualifiers -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 NPs as families of sets -- 1.2 A relational view -- 1.3 Some basic constraints -- 1.4 Monotonicity -- 1.5 The weak-strong distinction -- 2. Indefinite NPs -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Indefinites as variables -- 2.2 The proportion problem -- 2.3 Two solutions within DRT -- 2.4 Heim (1990) -- 2.5 Chierchia (1992) -- 3. Strong readings of indefinites and other weak NPs -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Referential indefinites -- 3.2 The partitive reading of cardinal NPs -- 3.3 The generic reading of indefinites -- 3.4 Concluding remarks -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 2. The hypothesis -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Case theory in generative grammar -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Abstractness of Case -- 1.2 The Case filter -- 1.3 Case theory and theta theory -- 1.4 Structural and inherent Case assignment -- 2 Case and (in)definiteness in existential sentences -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Safir's Case inheritance analysis -- 2.2 Belletti's partitive Case -- 3. Strong and weak Case -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Two objective Cases -- 3.2 The nature of weak Case -- 3.3 Deriving Case adjacency -- 3.4 Some consequences -- 4. Case and interpretation -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 The hypothesis -- 4.2 Partee's type-shifting principles -- 4.3 Possible types for weak NPs -- 4.4 Strong NPs as part of the predicate -- 4.5 Incorporation -- 5. The relation between syntax and semantics -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Problems for the mapping hypothesis -- 5.2 Towards an analysis -- 5.3 A modular system -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Scrambling, subjects, and the weak-strong distinction -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Object-scrambling -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 D-structure versus S-structure.

1.2 Scrambling as A-movement -- 1.3 Why weak NPs cannot scramble -- 1.4 Against the mapping hypothesis -- 1.5 The principle of contrastiveness -- 1.6 Conclusion -- 2 Subjects in Dutch and English -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Dutch existential sentences -- 2.2 Weak subjects in standard subject position -- 2.3 An analysis in terms of strong and weak Case -- 2.4 Subject scrambling -- 2.5 The was für-split and the wat voor-split -- 2.6 The principle of contrastiveness -- 2.7 Conclusion -- 3. On the characterization of the weak-strong distinction -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Presuppositionality -- 3.2 Quantificational determiners and their arguments -- 3.3 A case study: Dutch sommige -- 3.4 The semantic filter in existential sentences -- 3.5 Partitives -- 3.6 Summary -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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