Une quantification non canonique : la « quantification à distance »

Comparative correlatives and parameters

“…The latter involve what is known as quantification at a distance (Obenauer, 1983). This is optional in wh-questions (41), and in constituent clauses of the CC construction where plus is associated with a predicative phrase (42).…”

Adverbs and quantification: Degrees versus frequency

“…The difference between beaucoup and souvent discussed in the previous section sheds light on a number of interesting contrasts between beaucoup and souvent that have been observed by Obenauer (1983Obenauer ( , 1984Obenauer ( , 1994. In the context of certain predicates, beaucoup fails to get a quantitative interpretation, but the use of souvent is still possible.…”

“…In these cases the predicate introduces a quantitative scale similar to the one found in plural and mass nouns: (22). In (22a), beaucoup expresses the intensity of the pleasure, and in (22b) the intensity of the appreciation (the example in (22b) is due to Obenauer, 1983Obenauer, , 1984. For an extensive discussion on abstract nouns see, among others, Tovena (2001a,b) and Van de Velde (1995).…”

On the syntactic derivation of negative sentence adverbials

“…)pas under the same category of elements as beaucoup. (As mentioned above, Obenauer (1983;1984) comments that QaD structures are regarded by purists as being somewhat loose. Presumably, he would not include QaD structures involving ne .…”

“…Before offering a syntactic account of pas which, in our opinion, is compatible with the spirit of Pollock's NegP hypothesis, but which avoids some of the weaknesses of Pollock's implementation of the basis idea, we ask the reader to bear with us while we consider work by Obenauer (1983;1984) and Battye (1989;. We acknowledge these authors at this point, and shall then take the liberty of not explicitly repeating our indebtedness in the course of the section.…”