The Scope of Bare Nominals the case of Mandarin and Dutch赤裸的标准的普通话和荷兰的案件范围.pptVIP

Mandarin - introduction Yang (2001) () Mulan zai-zhao zhentan. Mulan be-looking-for detective i. ‘Mulan is looking for detectives.’ -- opaque ii. ‘There’s a specific detective Mulan is looking for.’ --definite The question: What would happen if we set up an MBN as non-definite (non-familiar, non-unique) in a context? Your results Background Experiment--- Mandarin Bare Nominals Experiment--- Dutch Bare Plurals Conclusions and Discussions * 1. Questionnaire with 10 test-items, 6 fillers 2. Subjects : 37 Dutch native-speakers, non-linguists 3. Task: continuation-test; subjects were asked to give ratings on a scale from 0 to 5 * Different set-up: NPIs as a baseline If bare plurals are better at taking wide-scope over negation than NPIs, we have serious ground to claim that bare plurals in Dutch can take wide scope. Forced wide-scope readings: Last sentence of the continuation test is truth-conditionally incompatible with a narrow-scope reading. * * Dutch allows bare plurals to scramble …omdat hij boeken niet gelezen had …because he books not read had - We included both scrambled and unscrambled bare plurals * * * Intermediate scope Given that wide-scope readings of bare plurals might be analyzed as referential readings we also tested the availability of intermediate scope. * * * * Item Scope Mean S.D. PPI PPI Negation 4.9 0.2 NPI NPI Negation 1.4 1.3 NPI NPI Negation 1.1 1.1 Indefinite Singular INDsg Quant 4.9 0.1 Indefinite Singular Quant INDsg Quant 4.9 0.2 Indefinite Singular Quant INDsg 3.9 1.3 Bare Plural unscrambled BP unscr Negation 2.9 1.4 Bare Plural unscrambled Quant BP unscrNegation 4.4 0.8 Bare Plural scrambled BP scr Negation 4.9 0.2 Bare Plural scrambled Quant BP scr Negation 3.6 1.3 * * * Item Scope Mean S.D. PPI PPI Negation 4.9 0.2 NPI NPI Negation 1.4 1.3 NPI NPI Negation 1.1 1.1 Indefinite Singular INDsg Quant 4.9 0.1 Indefinite Sin