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Lee, Sang-Geun. 2010. English Bare plurals and Relativized Mapping Hypothesis. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 35-1, 209-228. Developing a unified topical structure, in which categorical and thetic statements are both analyzed as having a topic, i.e., individual topic or event topic, I propose a new mapping algorithm, Relativized Mapping Hypothesis. It posits that any material identified as topic in the unified topic structure should be mapped into a restrictive clause while any XP filled up with the head of a verb chain is defined as the domain of existential closure (i.e., nuclear scope). The Relativized Mapping Hypothesis, coupled with the unified topical structure, successfully captures a subtle nonuniformity in the interpretation of bare plurals. (Korea University)
목차
1. Some Problems for the Mapping Hypothesis
2. A Proposal
3. A Unified Analysis of Topic Phrase
3.1 What Sorts of Items Can Be Topics?
3.2 Thetic Statements with Event Topics
3.3 A Mapping Algorithm in the Unified Topical Structure
4. Consequences
5. Concluding Remarks
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