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标题：Partitive descriptions in Korean
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作者：Keun Young Shin
期刊名称：Glossa
电子版ISSN：2397-1835
出版年度：2017
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：5-25
DOI：10.5334/gjgl.143
出版社：Ubiquity Press
摘要：This paper examines Korean partitive constructions to investigate the typology of the partitive structure. In Korean, a quantifier precedes the nominal in a non-partitive, but it follows the nominal in a partitive. The relative order between a quantifier and its associated nominal indicates that a quantifier in Korean partitive does not function as a NP adjunct but takes a DP as its argument. I argue that Korean postnominal (floating) quantifier constructions can be interpreted as partitives or pseudo-partitives/quantitatives because a postnominal (floating) quantifier denoting a part-of relation can occur with a kind-denoting DP as well as a definite DP. I also propose that a quantifier denoting a part-of relation is associated with the argument of a verb via composition with a verbal predicate in the floating quantifier construction. This approach can provide an account for several idiosyncratic properties of floating quantifier constructions, which are difficult to capture under the assumption that a floating quantifier construction is derived by moving a quantifier away from its associated nominal.
关键词：partitives; pseudo-partitives; floating quantifiers; classifier languages