摘要 4-5 Abstract 5-6 Abbreviations 7-10 Introduction 10-13 Chapter 1 Literature Review 13-28 1.1 Previous Studies of “every” 13-19 1.1.1 “Every”as a First -order Universal Quantifier 14-15 1.1.2 “Every”as a Determiner Quantifier 15-16 1.1.3 “Every”as a Distributive Operator 16-17 1.1.4 The Scope of “every / NP”: from GB to MP 17-19 1.2 Previous Studies of “Mei” 19-28 1.2.1 “Mei”as a Universal Quantifier 20-21 1.2.2 “Mei”as a Sum Operator 21-23 1.2.3 “Mei”as a Variable 23-24 1.2.4 “Mei ”as a Dual-functional Operator 24-28 Chapter 2 Every as a Determiner Universal Quantifier 28-41 2.1 The Syntactic Distribution of “every / NP” 28-30 2.2 The Scope and Illusive Scope of “every / NP” 30-35 2.3 The Distributive Reading of “every / NP” 35-41 2.3.1 The Distributive Reading 35-39 2.3.2 The Comparison of Distributive Reading Between “every” and “each” 39-41 Chapter 3 The Syntax and Semantics of “mei /NP” 41-54 3.1 The Classification of “mei / NP”and Their Distributions 41-49 3.1.1 “mei / (yi) / CL/ NP”and “mei / num / CL / NP” 41-43 3.1.2 The Distribution of “mei / (yi) / CL / NP”and “mei / num /CL/ NP” 43-49 3.2 The Licensing Condition of “mei / NP” 49-51 3.3 The Interpretation of “mei / NP”: Distributive Reading or Collectiv Reading 51-54 Chapter 4 The Comparison of “every /NP”and “mei/ NP”in Syntax and Semantics 54-59 4.1 The Similarities Between “every / NP”and “mei / NP” 54-57 4.2 The Differences Between “every / NP”and “mei / NP” 57-59 Conclusion 59-62 Notes 62-63 Works Cited 63-67 Acknowledgements 67-68 Appendix Chinese Example 68-72 Informative Chinese Abstract 72-77 Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program 77 |
