Overview

This collection of papers is the result of putting ideas on quantification to work on a wide variety of languages. A central perspective of many of the papers follows the recognition of two broad types of quantificational strategies, one associated with nominal structures and determiners, the other with adverbial and other non-nominal expression (""D-quantifiers"" and ""A-quantifiers""). The papers demonstrate both the unity and the variety of natural language quantificational forms and meanings. Many of the papers also shed new light on questions of language typology and syntactic and morphological variation. The languages discussed include English, Dutch, Italian, American Sign Language, Hindi, and a number of languages of Australia, Greenland, and the Americas. These comparative studies provide initial data for a typology of quantificational structures in natural languages, with important implications for the study of universal grammar. The book consists of research papers aimed at linguists, philosophers, and psychologists interested in semantics and linguistic form. An introduction presents a sketch of the background of this research and some of the central issues discussed, with pointers toward the included papers.

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Author:   Emmon Bach ,  E. Jelinek ,  A. Kratzer ,  Barbara B.H. Partee
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   54
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.340kg
ISBN:  

9780792331292

ISBN 10:   079233129
Pages:   759
Publication Date:   28 February 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. A Note on Quantification and Blankets in Haisla; E. Bach. On the Absence of Certain Quantifiers in Mohawk; M. Baker. Quantification in Eskimo: a Challenge for Compositional Semantics; M. Bittner. Remarks on Definiteness in Warlpiri; M. Bittner, K. Hale. The Variability of Impersonal Subjects; G. Chierchia. On Quantifier Strength; I. Comorovski. Quantification on Correlatives; V.S. Dayal. A-Quantifiers and Scope in Mayali; N. Evans. Towards a Typology of Natural Logic; L. Faltz. Universal Quantifiers and Distributivity; D. Gil. Diachronic Sources of `All' and `Every'; M. Haspelmath. Mass and Count Quantifiers; J. Higginbotham. On the Characterization of the Weak--Strong Distinction; H. de Hoop. On the Quantificational Force of English Free Relatives; P. Jacobson. Quantification in Straits Salish; E. Jelinek. Quantificational Structures and Compositionality; B.H. Partee. Bare Noun Phrases, Verbs, and Quantification in ASL; K. Petronio. Quantification, Events and Gerunds; P. Portner. Domain Restriction in Dynamic Semantics; C. Roberts. The Expression of Quantificational Notions in Asurini do Trocara; M. Damasco Vieira.

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We recommend unreservedly its careful and patient study to anyone with the slightest interest in the empirical facts and/or (their implications for) the formal properties of quantification.' Linguistics, 34 (1996)

'We recommend unreservedly its careful and patient study to anyone with the slightest interest in the empirical facts and/or (their implications for) the formal properties of quantification.' Linguistics, 34 (1996)

'We recommend unreservedly its careful and patient study to anyone with the slightest interest in the empirical facts and/or (their implications for) the formal properties of quantification.' Linguistics, 34 (1996)

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