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Bare numeral phrases in Mandarin and the Minimalist Mapping Hypothesis
We pursue an agreement-based analysis of the bare numeral phrases in Chinese. Bare numeral phrases in Chinese often occur with the
you marker in the preverbal position. With the marker, a bare numeral phrase obtains an individual-denoting
reading, which has an existential meaning. In contrast, several syntactic environments do not need the you
marker, and the bare numeral phrase obtains the quantity-denoting reading. In addition to the existential you
marker, we observe that the distributions of the two readings are correlated to the lower (root) modals (Mod) and the middle
aspects (Asp). We argue that the correlation can be analyzed through syntactic feature agreement. That is, the bare numeral phrase
carries an unvalued quantificational feature in the null D, and its unvalued feature is valued by the corresponding existential
you marker, Asp, and/or Mod heads through (multiple) agreement. We argue that the proposed feature agreement
mechanism can improve upon the (Extended) Mapping Hypothesis (Diesing 1992; Tsai 1999, 2001) under the Minimalist
Program.