QR에 대한 재고찰

On Quantifier Raising revisited

In mid 1990s, Hornstein challenged the traditional view of QR as a type of A’-movement, arguing that it should be treated as a type of A-movement. Since then, a number of counter-arguments have been reported and its debate is still on in the literature. This study aims at formulating QR from a different angle, such that it examines and compares QR with other types of movements, including the A/A’-movement and LF raising in regard to the coordination structures constraint(CSC) and ATB effects. What we found is that QR is more likely to be similar to A-movement in that both QR and A-movement employs the resumptive pronoun strategy to obviate the CSC, whereas A’-movement obviates the ATB movement strategy. Even though this finding does not necessarily mean that QR is a type of A-movement, it at least differs from standard A’-movement. The patterning together of QR and A-movement poses an interesting issue and remains to be ascertained.