Number Agreement with Weak Quantifiers in Basque
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Whereas (3a), involving a definite quantity, triggers plural agreement, (3b), which involves a nondefinite quantity (equivalent to thousands of in English), only optionally triggers agreement. Cardinal Qs, in the varieties we focus on here, always trigger plural agreement. Vague Qs constructed out of them, on the other hand, may not. The present paper offers a preliminary analysis of the phenomenon. We claim that nonagreeing Qs (n-a Qs) are not counting expressions, but measure phrases. Measures constitute the other quantificational domain in Basque that presents an agreement alternation in number:
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