ABSTRACT
For the purposes of this chapter I will assume that at the linguistic level of Logical Form (LF), all quantifi cational expressions appear in operator positions and all non-quantifi cational expressions appear in argument positions. I will examine the syntax of LF on the basis of a range of data from English, Chinese, and Japanese. Within this model, quantifi er-variable representations may be derived by the rule Move α, which may be applied in the component of Syntax or in the component of LF. Sentences with ordinary quantifi cational NPs are subject to QR (May 1977), an instance of Move α. Wh-movement is taken to be a rule that applies universally, if not in Syntax then in LF. Thus, Chinese and Japanese differ from English not in having or not having a rule of wh-movement, but in where the rule may apply. Furthermore, we will treat all focused constituents as quantifi - cational in some real sense, even if they do not involve movement in Syntax, on a par with ordinary quantifi cational NPs and wh-phrases.1
