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==Definition==
 
 
 
'''Quantificational noun phrase''' is a [[noun phrase]] which in [[LF]] [[move]]s into an [[A-bar position]], [[binding]] its [[trace]] the way an [[operator]] binds a [[variable]].
 
'''Quantificational noun phrase''' is a [[noun phrase]] which in [[LF]] [[move]]s into an [[A-bar position]], [[binding]] its [[trace]] the way an [[operator]] binds a [[variable]].
  
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If sentence (i)a means that for every girl it is the case that he gave her a book, its LF looks like (i)b where the quantificational noun phrase ''every girl'' is moved into an A-bar position, leaving behind a variable x and taking scope over ''a book'', and is decomposed into the 'quantifier' ''every x'' and its restriction ''x a girl''.
 
If sentence (i)a means that for every girl it is the case that he gave her a book, its LF looks like (i)b where the quantificational noun phrase ''every girl'' is moved into an A-bar position, leaving behind a variable x and taking scope over ''a book'', and is decomposed into the 'quantifier' ''every x'' and its restriction ''x a girl''.
  
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     b  [[every x, x a girl] [he gave a book to x]]
 
     b  [[every x, x a girl] [he gave a book to x]]
  
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Quantificational+noun+phrase&lemmacode=365 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Quantificational+noun+phrase&lemmacode=365 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
  
 
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Definition

Quantificational noun phrase is a noun phrase which in LF moves into an A-bar position, binding its trace the way an operator binds a variable.

Example

If sentence (i)a means that for every girl it is the case that he gave her a book, its LF looks like (i)b where the quantificational noun phrase every girl is moved into an A-bar position, leaving behind a variable x and taking scope over a book, and is decomposed into the 'quantifier' every x and its restriction x a girl.

(i) a  he gave a book to every girl
    b  [[every x, x a girl] [he gave a book to x]]

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics