Multiple Quantifier Float in Dialectal English
Sarah Asinari
February 2021 

This paper focuses on a dialect of English called Philadelphian Irish English (PhIrE) which allows quantifier float under wh-movement. This dialect also allows multiple quantifiers to be stranded at various stages of intermediate movement, a novel pattern not observed before. Here I focus on the patterns of multiple quantifier float and their restrictions. I propose that single and multiple quantifier float are derived through two different mechanisms: stranding and copying, respectively. Single quantifier float is derived through the standard stranding mechanisms, while wh-phrases in multiple quantifier constructions leave multiple copies which then undergo scattered deletion (See Boˇskovi´c 2001; Nunes 2004).

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Reference:	lingbuzz/005794 (please use that when you cite this article)
Published in:	Proceedings of LSA 2020
keywords:	quantifier float, dialectal english, multiple quantifiers, successive-cyclic movement, syntax
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