Boundedness in locative prepositions

This paper provides evidence from Catalan for the existence of bounded and unbounded locative prepositions, and proposes that boundedness in the adpositional domain is derived similarly to boundedness in the verbal, nominal or adjectival domains. Our contribution is both empirical and theoretical. F...

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Autores: Acedo-Matellán, Víctor|||0000-0003-1143-101X, Real Puigdollers, Cristina|||0000-0001-5340-0196
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s11049-024-09636-2
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Palabra clave:Locative prepositions
Boundedness
Aspect
Quantification
Negative
Polarity items
Catalan
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spelling Boundedness in locative prepositionsEvidence from CatalanAcedo-Matellán, Víctor|||0000-0003-1143-101XReal Puigdollers, Cristina|||0000-0001-5340-0196Locative prepositionsBoundednessAspectQuantificationNegativePolarity itemsCatalanThis paper provides evidence from Catalan for the existence of bounded and unbounded locative prepositions, and proposes that boundedness in the adpositional domain is derived similarly to boundedness in the verbal, nominal or adjectival domains. Our contribution is both empirical and theoretical. First, we show that Catalan has two simple locative prepositions, a and en, which form a minimal pair as far as boundedness is concerned and exhibit, correspondingly, different selection patterns: while bounded a only selects DPs with a quantity interpretation, unbounded en can combine with both NPs and DPs, which receive a homogeneous interpretation. Second, we develop a syntactic and semantic theory to account for these facts that relates them to the crosscategorial property of boundedness: a-PPs, but not en-PPs, contain an aspectual projection that imposes the interpretation that the otherwise homogeneous region denoted by the preposition is delimited. Moreover, we show that the difference between the structures licensed by a and en has consequences for the interpretation of quantifiers within PPs. Specifically, we set eyes upon a particular context in which a and en take a universally quantified singular DP as complement and form a minimal pair. We propose that while the bounded preposition a allows for the interpretation of the quantifier tot 'all' as a universal quantifier of parts, the unbounded preposition en does not. Instead, with en the quantifier behaves as an adjective of sorts associated to a maximality operator. Our paper contributes to furthering our understanding of boundedness across categories in human language.Springer-Verlag 22025-01-0120252025-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/308269https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s11049-024-09636-2reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3082692026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Boundedness in locative prepositions
Evidence from Catalan
title Boundedness in locative prepositions
spellingShingle Boundedness in locative prepositions
Acedo-Matellán, Víctor|||0000-0003-1143-101X
Locative prepositions
Boundedness
Aspect
Quantification
Negative
Polarity items
Catalan
title_short Boundedness in locative prepositions
title_full Boundedness in locative prepositions
title_fullStr Boundedness in locative prepositions
title_full_unstemmed Boundedness in locative prepositions
title_sort Boundedness in locative prepositions
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Acedo-Matellán, Víctor|||0000-0003-1143-101X
Real Puigdollers, Cristina|||0000-0001-5340-0196
author Acedo-Matellán, Víctor|||0000-0003-1143-101X
author_facet Acedo-Matellán, Víctor|||0000-0003-1143-101X
Real Puigdollers, Cristina|||0000-0001-5340-0196
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Locative prepositions
Boundedness
Aspect
Quantification
Negative
Polarity items
Catalan
topic Locative prepositions
Boundedness
Aspect
Quantification
Negative
Polarity items
Catalan
description This paper provides evidence from Catalan for the existence of bounded and unbounded locative prepositions, and proposes that boundedness in the adpositional domain is derived similarly to boundedness in the verbal, nominal or adjectival domains. Our contribution is both empirical and theoretical. First, we show that Catalan has two simple locative prepositions, a and en, which form a minimal pair as far as boundedness is concerned and exhibit, correspondingly, different selection patterns: while bounded a only selects DPs with a quantity interpretation, unbounded en can combine with both NPs and DPs, which receive a homogeneous interpretation. Second, we develop a syntactic and semantic theory to account for these facts that relates them to the crosscategorial property of boundedness: a-PPs, but not en-PPs, contain an aspectual projection that imposes the interpretation that the otherwise homogeneous region denoted by the preposition is delimited. Moreover, we show that the difference between the structures licensed by a and en has consequences for the interpretation of quantifiers within PPs. Specifically, we set eyes upon a particular context in which a and en take a universally quantified singular DP as complement and form a minimal pair. We propose that while the bounded preposition a allows for the interpretation of the quantifier tot 'all' as a universal quantifier of parts, the unbounded preposition en does not. Instead, with en the quantifier behaves as an adjective of sorts associated to a maximality operator. Our paper contributes to furthering our understanding of boundedness across categories in human language.
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