La, Anh Duy;
(2024)
Quantifier scope in Vietnamese.
Masters thesis (M.Phil), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This thesis looks at the phenomenon of quantifier scope in Vietnamese, an Austroasiatic language. The main claim is that Vietnamese does not have Quantifier Raising (QR) as either a scope-shifting or a scope-interpreting mechanism. Instead, quantifiers are interpreted in their surface positions through a system based on Keenan’s (2016) analysis. In order to demonstrate this, I examine four types of constructions in Vietnamese: transitives, ditransitives, passives, and inverse-linking. While the former three exhibit clear scope rigidity, the last type seems to allow inverse scope at first glance. Despite this, the inversely-linked reading can be attributed to overt movement and surface interpretation.
| Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | M.Phil |
| Title: | Quantifier scope in Vietnamese |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2024. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Linguistics |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10200701 |
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