Some kind of relative clause

Abstract

Amount Relatives (ARs) differ from restrictive relative clauses in that they do not
refer to a particular object denoted by the head of the relative clause, but to an amount of such
objects (Carlson, 1977a; Heim, 1987). Traditionally, ARs have been regarded as degree expressions.
In this paper I argue against this view and propose instead that amount interpretations of
relative clauses are in fact a special case of kind interpretation.
Keywords: kind reference, amounts, relative clauses.