Strategies of Quantification Paperback / softback
Edited by Kook-Hee (University of Sheffield) Gil, Stephen Harlow, George (University of York) Tsoulas
Part of the Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics series
Paperback / softback
Description
Quantification has been at the heart of research in the syntax and semantics of natural language since Aristotle.
The last few decades have seen an explosion of detailed studies of the syntax and semantics of quantification and its relation to the rest of the theory of grammar, resulting in a highly sophisticated understanding of the mechanisms of quantification.
This book considers the ways natural languages vary with respect to their realisation of quantificational notions.
Drawing on data from English, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Hausa and others, the authors also link the variation in the expression of quantification to the notions of polarity sensitivity, free-choice and indefiniteness.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages, Figures, Tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:21/02/2013
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- ISBN:9780199692446
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages, Figures, Tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:21/02/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199692446
