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This paper examines the category switch between dyadic accomplishment verbs and activity verbs from the perspective of quantification of the internal argument NP suggested by Ferreira(2005) and claims that the function of determiners in this context has implications for a linguistically motivated solution(Douglas, 2000; Lascartides, 1991) to the ‘imperfective paradox’, i.e., to refine Montague's(1974) proposal by precisely defining Bennett's(1981) so-called mysterious closed intervals and open intervals in terms of functions of internal argument NPs' determiners. This analysis not only attempts to account for the different truth conditions underlying the two categories of verbs and the category switch, but may also provide insight into the relationship among quantification, time, and truth conditions in natural languages.

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Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Count Nouns Used as Mass Nouns in Chinese Perfective Sentences
 3. A New Definition of Open Intervals and closed Intervals
 4. Generalized Quantifiers and Predicate Properties
 5. Conclusion
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• Jae-yoon Kim [ 김재윤 | Silla University ]

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