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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2013, 2013
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| Series: | Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics / Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ill |
| ISBN: | 9780191744891 |