Mass Quantifier much in English and Quantifier dian in Chinese

@article{ART002331031},
author={ 김규민 },
title={Mass Quantifier much in English and Quantifier dian in Chinese},
journal={영어영문학연구},
issn={1598-3293},
year={2018},
volume={60},
number={1},
pages={203-218},
doi={10.18853/jjell.2018.60.1.010},
url={http://dx.doi.org/10.18853/jjell.2018.60.1.010}

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AB - Much in English is identified to be a mass quantifier in that it has a mass structure. In a recent study in nominal domains (Borer (2005), a functional head, namely Div(ided), has been proposed; Div head takes a noun in its complement, and makes the noun a countable object. For example, in English, Div is realized as plural morpheme -s: without -s a noun cannot be counted as in *three cat (cf. three cat-s). Quantifier much is mass as it is not compatible with a plural marker -s that realizes Div head (e.g., *much cat-s or *much water-s). Rather, it can appear with a noun in a non-countable context where a plural maker -s is absent, as in much cat or much water. In Chinese, there is a quantifier dian that appears to be similar to much in English in its distribution. This paper examines the distribution of dian, and proposes a potential structure of the quantifier similar to that of much in English: Like much, dian does not have a functional projection of DivP, and has a NP complement that denotes mass meaning. This paper also compares dian to another quantifier, xie, in the language, known to have a similar meaning to dian. As this paper shows, dian cannot be treated in the same way as xie, as it lacks DivP.
KW - count, dian, mass, much, quantifier
DO - 10.18853/jjell.2018.60.1.010
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.18853/jjell.2018.60.1.010
ER -

김규민 (2018). Mass Quantifier much in English and Quantifier dian in Chinese. 영어영문학연구, 60( 1), 203- 218.

김규민 . 2018, “Mass Quantifier much in English and Quantifier dian in Chinese”, 영어영문학연구, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 203-218. Available from: doi:10.18853/jjell.2018.60.1.010

김규민 “Mass Quantifier much in English and Quantifier dian in Chinese” 영어영문학연구 60.1 pp. 203-218 (2018): 203.

김규민 . Mass Quantifier much in English and Quantifier dian in Chinese 영어영문학연구 [Internet]. 2018; 60( 1), : 203-218. Available from: doi:10.18853/jjell.2018.60.1.010

김규민 . “Mass Quantifier much in English and Quantifier dian in Chinese” 영어영문학연구 60, no.1 (2018): 203-218. doi: 10.18853/jjell.2018.60.1.010

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Mass Quantifier much in English and Quantifier dian in Chinese

영어영문학연구

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2018, vol.60, no.1, pp.203 - 218

DOI : 10.18853/jjell.2018.60.1.010

발행기관 : 한국중앙영어영문학회

연구분야 : 영어와문학

김규민¹

¹청주대학교

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초록

Much in English is identified to be a mass quantifier in that it has a mass structure. In a recent study in nominal domains (Borer (2005), a functional head, namely Div(ided), has been proposed; Div head takes a noun in its complement, and makes the noun a countable object. For example, in English, Div is realized as plural morpheme -s: without -s a noun cannot be counted as in *three cat (cf. three cat-s). Quantifier much is mass as it is not compatible with a plural marker -s that realizes Div head (e.g., *much cat-s or *much water-s). Rather, it can appear with a noun in a non-countable context where a plural maker -s is absent, as in much cat or much water. In Chinese, there is a quantifier dian that appears to be similar to much in English in its distribution. This paper examines the distribution of dian, and proposes a potential structure of the quantifier similar to that of much in English: Like much, dian does not have a functional projection of DivP, and has a NP complement that denotes mass meaning. This paper also compares dian to another quantifier, xie, in the language, known to have a similar meaning to dian. As this paper shows, dian cannot be treated in the same way as xie, as it lacks DivP.

키워드

count, dian, mass, much, quantifier

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