TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paulina Łęska
PY  - 2020
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631811184
TI  - Quantifier Scope as a Diagnostic for the Position of Arguments of Ditransitive Verbs
DO  - 10.3726/b16515
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1058372
N2  - The study presented in this book aimed to test the argument structure of ditransitive verbs in Polish with the use of quantifier scope interpretation. Since these verbs typically allow for relatively free object order, it is not clear whether any of the object orders is basic or if they constitute separate underlying structures. The study reports the results of five experiments testing acceptability of scope interpretation of Polish quantified objects in two object orders, using variables such as coordination, to reveal which scope changing mechanism is responsible for ambiguity. The results showed that only the DO-IO order allowed for scope ambiguity, however, to a different degree depending on the semantic class of the verb. This indicates that the merge position of objects is contingent upon that factor.
KW  - Quantifier Raising, scope reconstruction, coordination, syntax-semantics interface, double-object verbs, prepositional datives
LA  - English
ER  -