Name | General-Quantifier-Singular-NP Construction | |
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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 | everynoanyeach | Nmasscontextual 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 |