AnEvent-basedAnalysisofChineseAdverbsACaseStudy

1、weak/strongassociated with doua每個(every) Nstrongyesb很多 (many) Nweakyesc這三個 (the three) Nstrongyesd他和我 (he and I)strongyese我 (I)strongnof有些 (some) Nweaknog很少 (few) Nweaknoh三個 (three) Nweakno(無論)(無論)Why Quantify over Events Not Individauls?(1) Each of the students read a book.x Student (x) y Book (y)

2、& Read (x, y)S1 S2 S3 S4 S5B1 B2 B3 B4 B5y Book (y) & x Student (x) Read (x, y)S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 BWhy Quantify over Events Not Individauls?(1) Each of the students read a book.x Student (x) y Book (y) & Read (x, y)y Book (y) & x Student (x) Read (x, y)(2) Each of the students made a rep

3、ort.x Student (x) y Report (y) & Made (x, y)y Report (y) & x Student (x) Made (x, y)Why Quantify over Events Not Individauls?x Student (x) y Book (y) & Read (x, y)y Book (y) & x Student (x) Read (x, y)x Student (x) y Lunch box (y) & Eat (x, y)y Lunch box (y) & x Student (x) E

4、at (x, y)Why Quantify over Events Not Individauls?(1) 大部分的女孩都喜歡這種芭比。(2) 很多的女孩都喜歡這種芭比。(3) 有些的女孩都喜歡這種芭比。(4) 很少的女孩都喜歡這種芭比。(5) 三分之二(以上)的女孩都喜歡這種芭比。(6) 三分之一(以上)的女孩都喜歡這種芭比。(7) 二分之一(以上)的女孩都喜歡這種芭比？FGFGF G S (x)S(x) Come (x, e) e Come (e) & S (x) Come (x, e) & | come(x, e) | | S(x) Come(x, e) | Come(e

5、)DCome (x, e)S(x) Come (e) e Come (e) & S (x) Come (x, e) & | come(x, e) | | S(x) Come(e)| A 買了這本書 B 買了這本書 C買了這本書 ： ： 張三買了這本書Expected eventsA. 連 is a focus marker; 都, an intensifier.B. The function of dou is comparable with the use of even in a downward entailing context. Two different implicatures may be derived. (To base on Rooth (1985)s analysis)a. Existential implicature:b. Scalar implicature:除了張三以外，有其他的人買了這本書張三是最不可能買這本書的人e 買這本書 (e) &買這本書 (張三, e) & 買這本書 (e) 買這本書 (張三, e) = e 買這本書 (e) & 買這本書 (張三, e) & 買這本書 (張三, e) 買這