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Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory VOLUME 83

Managing Editors Marcel den Dikken, City University of New York Liliane Haegeman, University of Ghent, Belgium Joan Maling, Brandeis University Editorial Board Guglielmo Cinque, University of Venice Carol Georgopoulos, University of Utah Jane Grimshaw, Rutgers University Michael Kenstowicz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hilda Koopman, University of California, Los Angeles Howard Lasnik, University of Maryland Alec Marantz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology John J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Ian Roberts, University of Cambridge

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THE GRAMMAR OF FRENCH QUANTIFICATION

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Lena Baunaz University of Geneva, Switzerland

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Lena Baunaz University of Geneva Department of Linguistics 5, rue de Candolle 1211 Geneva Switzerland [email protected]

ISSN 0924-4670 ISBN 978-94-007-0620-0 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0621-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0621-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011921709 # Springer ScienceþBusiness Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer ScienceþBusiness Media (www.springer.com)

Acknowledgments

‘One of the first things people read when they have between their hands a new book, is the acknowledgements’, one of my colleagues said. I craved to be at this stage of the book where the form and contents would be finally over and the time to write the famous acknowledgements has finally arrived. Yet, I didn’t think of the difficulty of the task. I owe an immense debt of gratitude to many colleagues and friends, for direct or indirect help in preparing this book. I hope I won’t forget anyone. I owe an immense debt of gratitude to Genoveva Puska´s with whom I had the chance to work. Her support and constant encouragements are very important to me. She deserves to be thanked for her patience and collaboration. Thanks also for the very insightful remarks. Many syntacticians have contributed to make this book as it is, by providing helpful discussions and feedback at various stages of the writing: particular thanks go to Ur Shlonsky for helpful and detailed remarks, as well as for his encouragements. I am very much indebt to Marcel den Dikken for very sharp live discussions, as well as for various on-line exchanges. His enthusiasm has been fruitful for my work, as well as very insightful. I would also like to thank Eric Mathieu: I came across his Ph.D dissertation one day of surfing the net and it was highly inspiring as well as decisive for the topic of the present book. Many thanks to