
Interactions of Degree and Quantification
Peter Hallman(Editor)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 26. June 2020
Book
Hardback
396 pages
978-90-04-43111-9 (ISBN)
Description
Interactions of Degree and Quantification is a collection of chapters edited by Peter Hallman that deal with superlative, equative and differential constructions cross-linguistically, interactions of the comparative with both individual quantifiers and event structure, the use of the individual quantifier 'some' as a numeral, and the question of whether the very notion of 'degree' is reducible to a relation between individuals. These issues all represent semantic parallels and interactions between individual quantifiers (every, some, etc.) and degree quantifiers (more, most, numerals, etc.) in the expression of quantity and measurement. The contributions presented here advance the analytical depth and cross-linguistic breadth of the state of the art in semantics and its interface with syntax in human language.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-43111-9 (9789004431119)
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Person
Peter Hallman, Ph.D. (2000), University of California, Los Angeles, is a researcher in syntax and semantics at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna.
Content
List of Figures and Tables
1 Introduction
?Peter Hallman
2 Indeterminate Numerals and Their Alternatives
?Curt Anderson
3 The Semantics of the Superlative Quantifier -Est
?Barbara Tomaszewicz-OEzakin
4 Quantification, Degrees and Beyond in Navajo
?Elizabeth Bogal-Allbritten and Elizabeth Coppock
5 Separate but Equal: A Typology of Equative Constructions
?Jessica Rett
6 Compounded Scales
?Alan Bale
7 From Possible Individuals to Scalar Segments
?Roger Schwarzschild
8 Measuring Cardinalities: Evidence from Differential Comparatives in French
?Vincent Homer and Rajesh Bhatt
9 Quantifying Events and Activities
?Haley Farkas and Alexis Wellwood
10 Split Semantics for Non-monotonic Quantifiers in Than-Clauses
?Linmin Zhang
11 Nominal Quantifiers in Than Clauses and Degree Questions
?Nicholas Fleisher
Index
1 Introduction
?Peter Hallman
2 Indeterminate Numerals and Their Alternatives
?Curt Anderson
3 The Semantics of the Superlative Quantifier -Est
?Barbara Tomaszewicz-OEzakin
4 Quantification, Degrees and Beyond in Navajo
?Elizabeth Bogal-Allbritten and Elizabeth Coppock
5 Separate but Equal: A Typology of Equative Constructions
?Jessica Rett
6 Compounded Scales
?Alan Bale
7 From Possible Individuals to Scalar Segments
?Roger Schwarzschild
8 Measuring Cardinalities: Evidence from Differential Comparatives in French
?Vincent Homer and Rajesh Bhatt
9 Quantifying Events and Activities
?Haley Farkas and Alexis Wellwood
10 Split Semantics for Non-monotonic Quantifiers in Than-Clauses
?Linmin Zhang
11 Nominal Quantifiers in Than Clauses and Degree Questions
?Nicholas Fleisher
Index