Phase, plurality and floating

In this paper, I propose a modification of Kratzer’s (2013) theory using a cyclic mapping between syntax and semantics. In the proposed account, the highest element within an extended projection of a lexical category is the phase edge and its sister constituent is transferred. So, the D’s [plural] feature is always at the edge of the nominal phase and so interpreted as a *-operator within the verbal domain. In this approach, the syntactic theory is not complicated. Furthermore, the proposed system straightforwardly accounts for event-related readings of numerals in English and rigidly event-related nature of floating numeral quantifiers in Japanese.