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German Quantifiers: Determiners or Adjectives?

Stefanie Dipper

Abstract

In this paper, I address the categorial status of quantifiers and similar expressions in German. Traditionally, they are assigned either of two classes: determiners and adjectives. I want to argue that German quantifiers in principle are ambiguous and can be realized alternatively as determiners or adjectives. The categorial status is mirrored by the declension type of attributive adjectives following these quantifiers. I present an LFG analysis that accounts for the categorial ambiguity. The analysis also covers multiple quantifiers.

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