Overview

The eight papers collected in this volume address three central issues in the study of plurality and quantification in natural languages. The first major theme regards algebraic approaches to plurals and quantification that have emerged as the leading paradigm for the study of these empirical phenomena in recent years. The second main issue concerns the philosophical and mathematical foundations of concepts such as distributivity and collectivity. Finally, the authors address a broad range of empirical phenomena in Germanic and Romance languages, including the influence of Aktionsart on plural-noun phrases, negative polarity, mass terms, plural quantification, and noun-phrase conjunction. Some of the papers shed light on the question of how many readings have to be assigned to plural sentences and on the respective consequences for the architecture of the syntax-semantics interface. Furthermore, most of the contributions contain insights which bear upon the study of the structure of universal grammar.

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Author:   F. Hamm ,  Erhard W. Hinrichs
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1998 ed.
Volume:   69
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   1.610kg
ISBN:  

9780792348412

ISBN 10:   0792348419
Pages:   386
Publication Date:   30 November 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Ten Years of Research on Plurals — Where Do We Stand?.- The Influence of Plural NPs on Aktionsart in DRT.- Mass Terms and Plurals in Property Theory.- Three Types of Polarity.- Sums and Quantifiers.- Some Issues in the Analysis of Multiple Quantification with Plural NPs.- Reducing the Coordination of Determiners: Some Principles.- Issues on Distributive and Collective Readings.- Index of Subjects.- Index of Names.

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