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Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language

Covering a strikingly diverse range of languages from 12 linguistic families, this handbook is based on responses to a questionnaire constructed by the editors. Focusing on the formation, distribution and semantic interpretation of quantificational expressions, the book explores 17 languages includi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Keenan, Edward. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Paperno, Denis. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 90
Subjects:
Semantics.
Language and languages—Philosophy.
Syntax.
Philosophy of Language.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2681-9
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 The Quantifier Questionnaire
  • Chapter 2 Quantifiers in Adyghe  
  • Chapter 3 Quantification in Basque
  • Chapter 4 Garifuna Quantification
  • Chapter 5 Quantification in German  
  • Chapter 6 The landscape of Quantificational expressions in Greek  
  • Chapter 7 Quantifiers in Modern Hebrew
  • Chapter 8 Quantification in Hungarian
  • Chapter 9 Quantifiers in Italian
  • Chapter 10 Quantity expressions in Japanese
  • Chapter 11 Malagasy Quantifiers
  • Chapter 12 Taiwan Mandarin Quantifiers  
  • Chapter 13 Pima Quantifiers  
  • Chapter 14 Quantification in Standard Russian
  • Chapter 15 Quantification in Telugu
  • Chapter 16 Quantification in Western Armenian
  • Chapter 17 Wolof Quantifiers
  • Chapter 18 Overview
  • Subject Index.

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