
Quantifier Scope in German
Juergen Pafel(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 26. January 2006
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-90-272-2808-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a comprehensive account of quantifier scope in German. The author investigates scope behavior of ordinary quantifiers and negative, adverbial, interrogative, relative and particle quantifiers. The areas which are dealt with include: relative scope in simple sentences, absolute and relative scope in complex sentences, noun-phrase internal scope, and scope behavior of indefinite noun phrases. A theory of explicit and implicit quantification is proposed and a uniform process of scope determination is sketched which encompasses the scope of explicit as well as implicit quantifiers. Quantifier scope is a challenge to linguistic theory as it is a phenomenon which is determined by the interplay of diverse syntactic and semantic factors, which interact in a weighted and cumulative way. The factors' interplay is part of the syntax/semantics-interface, i.e., the constraints relating syntax and semantics, which are considered to be relatively autonomous, parallel levels connected by an interface of correspondence constraints.
Reviews / Votes
This book is an excellent resource of anyone pursuing an in depth study of quantifier scope in German. The ocean of data provided in the first five chapters function as a great springboard for anyone researching this topic or topics related to it. -- Michael T. Putnam, Michigan State University, on Linguist List Vol.17. 2099, 2006More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
715 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2808-6 (9789027228086)
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Quantifier Scope in German
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Content
1. Abbreviations and symbols; 2. Preface; 3. Preliminaries; 4. Relative scope; 5. Absolute scope; 6. Indefinites and quantifiers; 7. Interrogative quantifiers; 8. Alternative scope accounts; 9. Towards a theory of semantic structure; 10. Concluding remarks; 11. References; 12. Index