Any as a Finian quantifier

Jacques Jayez (1) , Lucia Tovena (2)

1 EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales
2 ITC-IRST

In this abstract, we are going to account for the following facts in the distribution of any : (a) any N is possible in generic sentences, (b) any N is odd in descriptive sentences, unless N is characterised by a non-accidental property, (c) any N is odd with must-obligations, (d) any N is possible with may-permissions and with imperatives, (e) any N can behave in many ways like a Negative Polarity Item (NPI) ...

Mots clés: Discourse; quantifier; any

Domaines: Linguistique

Jacques Jayez, Lucia Tovena. Any as a Finian quantifier. 11th Amsterdam Colloquium, 1997, Amsterdam, Netherlands. pp.295-300. ⟨halshs-00157210⟩