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Strategies 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 se...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gil, Kook-Hee, Harlow, Steve, Tsoulas, George
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Quantifiers.
Semantics.
Semantics
Quantificateurs (Linguistique)
Sémantique.
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Quantifiers
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191643637
0191643637
9780191744891
0191744891
1299261701
9781299261709