TY - JOUR
T1 - Why quantifiers float
T2 - A response to Kim (2013)
AU - Park, Chongwon
AU - Yeon, Jaehoon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - The aim of this discussion article is twofold. First, we critically review Jong-Bok Kim's (2013) proposal [Floated numeral classifiers in Korean: A non-derivational, functional account. Lingua 133, 189–212], articulating the strengths and weaknesses of his approach. Second, after identifying some crucial weaknesses of Kim's proposal, we offer an alternative analysis of floated quantifiers (FQs), while maintaining the same goal set by Kim (2013). In doing so, we point out several challenges Kim's analysis faces, primarily the adoption of the theme-rheme partition. We demonstrate that the theme-rheme division is orthogonal to the focus property FQs exhibit. Ultimately, we show that our criticism strengthens Kim's analysis, as opposed to contradicting it.
AB - The aim of this discussion article is twofold. First, we critically review Jong-Bok Kim's (2013) proposal [Floated numeral classifiers in Korean: A non-derivational, functional account. Lingua 133, 189–212], articulating the strengths and weaknesses of his approach. Second, after identifying some crucial weaknesses of Kim's proposal, we offer an alternative analysis of floated quantifiers (FQs), while maintaining the same goal set by Kim (2013). In doing so, we point out several challenges Kim's analysis faces, primarily the adoption of the theme-rheme partition. We demonstrate that the theme-rheme division is orthogonal to the focus property FQs exhibit. Ultimately, we show that our criticism strengthens Kim's analysis, as opposed to contradicting it.
KW - Activation cost
KW - Floated quantifiers (FQs)
KW - Focus of attention
KW - Theme-rheme partition
KW - Unaccusative/unergative asymmetry
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U2 - 10.1016/j.lingua.2022.103403
DO - 10.1016/j.lingua.2022.103403
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85136101946
SN - 0024-3841
VL - 277
JO - Lingua
JF - Lingua
M1 - 103403
ER -