Determiners and Quantifiers: Functions, Variation, and Change: 44 (Syntax and Semantics)

Chiara Gianollo/ Klaus von Heusinger/ Maria Napoli

ISBN 10: 9004473319 / ISBN 13: 9789004473317

Published by BRILL, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Determiners and Quantifiers: Functions, Variation, and Change: 44 (Syntax and Semantics)
• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004473319
• ISBN 13: 9789004473317
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.69 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume explores the interface between morphosyntax and semantics-pragmatics in the domain of referential and quantificational nominal expressions. We present case studies from Romance and Germanic languages, dealing with both synchronic and diachronic aspects. Our aim is to empirically test, on the basis of comparative data, the most recent theoretical developments in the analysis of reference and quantification and to identify focal points for future research.

About the Author

Chiara Gianollo is Associate Professor in General and Historical Linguistics at the University of Bologna. Her main research areas are diachronic syntax and semantics, with specific focus on the use of formal theoretical linguistics to investigate the history of Greek, Latin, and Old Romance.

Klaus von Heusinger is Professor in General and German Linguistics at the University of Cologne. He works and publishes in theoretical and comparative linguistics with a focus on referential categories, such as (in)definiteness, specificity, and partitivity, and on Differential Object Marking in Germanic, Romance and Altaic languages.

Maria Napoli is Associate Professor in General and Historical Linguistics at the University of Eastern Piedmont. She obtained her PhD at the University of Pisa (2003). She is the Author of several contributions mainly dealing with language change (in Indo-European languages), syntax-semantics interface, diachronic typology.