ABSTRACT
I will continue my investigation of the internal layers of DP by looking at numerals and their positions. In previous chapters, I have proposed that there are three possible ways for numerals to receive an interpretation: they can remain in PDmax, and be interpreted 'weakly,' as cardinality predicates, a-la Milsark, Diesing, etc.; the SDP containing them undergoes QR, but they are not extracted by QC. Alternatively, they can raise to SDmax , and be interpreted via QR and QC, just like "every," or they can be interpreted referentially, in SD, much as pronominal elements which, unlike "he" or "you," lack a Familiarity Condition. This may sound like an undesirably high number of alternatives, yet none of these routes needs to be stipulated, as they are independently needed to interpret adjectives (including 'quantificational' adjectives such as "numerous"), universal quantifiers, and personal pronouns, respectively. Once these interpretations are mechanically linked to certain positions in DP, in which numerals may also occur, it would in fact be a complication of the grammar to stipulate that numerals should not be subject to them.
