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'''Quantifier Raising''' (brief: ''QR'') is a instance of [[move alpha]] creating an [[operator]]-[[variable]] [[configuration]] at [[LF]] from which the [[scope]] of the operator can be calculated. One empirical advantage of assuming a rule of QR which mediates the determination of relative scope is that it explains the sensitivity of quantifier scope to syntactic boundedness effects. Thus consider (i) and (ii).

(i) a someonei loves everyonej
b [ someonei [ everyonej [ ti loves tj ]]]
c [ everyonej [ someonei [ ti loves tj<nowiki> ]]]
(ii) a I know a girl that every boy loves
b [[ a girl [ that every boy</nowiki>j [ tj loves ]]]i [ I know ti ]]
c *[ every boyj<nowiki> [[ a girl [ that t</nowiki>j loves ]]i [ I know ti ]]]

The [[scope ambiguity]] in (ia) follows if QR can derive as LF either (ib) or (ic); (iia) on the other hand is not ambiguous since (iic) can not be derived without violating the [[Complex NP Constraint]]. Other advantages of QR are in the description of [[Weak Crossover]] and Antecedent Contained Deletion. The exact conditions that govern the application of QR, however, remain unclear.

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Quantifier+Raising&lemmacode=367 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== Morphology ===

Pesetsky (1985) extends the use of QR to morphological structures, and argues that QR can be used to solve the problem of the so-called [[bracketing paradox]]es.

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Quantifier+Raising&lemmacode=367 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Hoeksema, J. 1987. ''Relating Word Structure and Logical Form,'' [[Linguistic Inquiry]] 18, pp. 119-126
* Huang, James 1982. ''Move wh in a language without wh-movement,'' [[Linguistic review]], 369-416
* May, R.C. 1977. ''The Grammar of Quantification,'' unp. PhD diss., MIT.
* May, Robert 1985. ''Logical form,'' MIT Press
* Pesetsky, D. 1985. ''Morphology and Logical Form,'' Linguistic Inquiry 16, pp. 193-246
* Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.

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+==Definition==
 '''Quantifier Raising''' (brief: ''QR'') is a instance of [[move alpha]] creating an [[operator]]-[[variable]] [[configuration]] at [[LF]] from which the [[scope]] of the operator can be calculated. One empirical advantage of assuming a rule of QR which mediates the determination of relative scope is that it explains the sensitivity of quantifier scope to syntactic boundedness effects. Thus consider (i) and (ii).
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 The [[scope ambiguity]] in (ia) follows if QR can derive as LF either (ib) or (ic); (iia) on the other hand is not ambiguous since (iic) can not be derived without violating the [[Complex NP Constraint]]. Other advantages of QR are in the description of [[Weak Crossover]] and Antecedent Contained Deletion. The exact conditions that govern the application of QR, however, remain unclear.
-=== Morphology ===
+== Morphology ==
 Pesetsky (1985) extends the use of QR to morphological structures, and argues that QR can be used to solve the problem of the so-called [[bracketing paradox]]es.
-=== Links ===
+==Links ==
-[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Quantifier+Raising&lemmacode=367 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
+*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Quantifier+Raising&lemmacode=367 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
-=== References ===
+== References ==
 * Hoeksema, J. 1987. ''Relating Word Structure and Logical Form,'' [[Linguistic Inquiry]] 18, pp. 119-126
 * Huang, James 1982. ''Move wh in a language without wh-movement,'' [[Linguistic review]], 369-416