Acta Linguistica Hungarica
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Volume 56: Issue 2-3
Multiplicatives, frequency and quantification adverbs
Author:
Anikó Csirmaz University of Utah Department of Linguistics 255 S Central Campus Dr Rm 2300 Salt Lake City Ut 84112-0492 USA

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Pages:
131–168
Online Publication Date:
05 Jun 2009
Publication Date:
01 Jun 2009
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/aling.56.2009.2-3.1
Keywords:
frequency adverbs; adverbs of quantification; multiplicatives; plurality; syntactic distribution
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The paper proposes a strict three-way distinction among adverbs that specify the frequency or quantity of multiple events. It is argued that the distribution of the three classes of adverbs in Hungarian largely follows from independent factors, and it is dictated by basic semantic properties of the adverbs. One group of adverbs, that of adverbs of quantification, shares the distribution of comparable (non-adverbial) quantificational expressions. Thus syntactic positions occupied by these adverbs are determined by general considerations, and no adverb-specific assumptions are necessary.

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