Plurality and Quantification: 69 - Rilegato

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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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Contenuti

Introduction. Ten Years of Research on Plurals - Where Do We Stand? G. Link. The Influence of Plural NPs on Aktionsart in DRT; K. Eberle. Mass Terms and Plurals in Property Theory; C. Fox. Three Types of Polarity; F. Zwarts. Sums and Quantifiers; J. van der Does. Some Issues in the Analysis of Multiple Quantification with Plural NPs; H. Verkuyl. Reducing the Coordination of Determiners: Some Principles; C. Michaux. Issues on Distributive and Collective Readings; J. Peres. Index of Subjects. Index of Names.

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ISBN 10:  9048149436 ISBN 13:  9789048149438
Casa editrice: Springer, 2010
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