Are There Floating Quantifiers In Indonesian?

Abstract

In this paper, I have shown that, in Indonesian, the floating of quantifiers is only possible with unaccusative predicates, but impossible with either unergative or transitive predicates. I suggest that the structures with floating quantifiers involve quantifier stranding: the NP is generated to the right of an unaccusative predicate, and, after that, the nominal head undergoes movement to the left periphery of the clause.