Evidence for generalized quantifier semantics in the interpretation of the English neuter singular pronoun

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Paul Elbourne

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[1] Magdalen College,

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Natural Language Semantics | 2021年 / 29卷

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Pronouns; Generalized quantifiers; Anaphora; Ellipsis; Pronominalization; Tag questions; Negative indefinites;

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The English pronoun it can anaphorically take on the meaning of a salient generalized quantifier when it occurs in subject position followed by an elided Verb Phrase and (optionally) a VP-level operator. The extent to which theories of pronoun interpretation will have to be altered to take account of this finding will depend on whether the phenomenon is unique to English or part of a crosslinguistic pattern.

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