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General-Quantifier-Singular-NP Construction

Name General-Quantifier-Singular-NP Construction
Semantic function of cxn Specifying the quantity of the THING REFERRED TO in terms of a vague QUANTIFIER.
Usage conditions The REFERENT does not have to be expressed explicitly if it can be identified from the linguistic or situational context (definite null-instantiation).
Semantic role of slots QUANTIFIER THING REFERRED TO
Syntactic form every
no
any
each
Nmass
contextual anchor point
Example No one was entirely happy with the solution.
Agreement singular verb
General cxn-type QUANTIFIER-NP CONSTRUCTION
Construction family NP CONSTRUCTION
Literature Herbst & Hoffmann (2023: Ch.5)
Annotators/Date TRH/04/21F