Interactions of Degree and Quantification: 42 (Syntax and Semantics, 42)

Peter Hallman

ISBN 10: 900443111X / ISBN 13: 9789004431119

Published by BRILL, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interactions of Degree and Quantification: 42 (Syntax and Semantics, 42)
• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900443111X
• ISBN 13: 9789004431119
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 2.8H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 2.8 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 680 grams

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Synopsis

Interactions of Degree and Quantification is a collection of chapters edited by Peter Hallman that deal with superlative, equative and differential constructions cross-linguistically, interactions of the comparative with both individual quantifiers and event structure, the use of the individual quantifier ‘some’ as a numeral, and the question of whether the very notion of ‘degree’ is reducible to a relation between individuals. These issues all represent semantic parallels and interactions between individual quantifiers (every, some, etc.) and degree quantifiers (more, most, numerals, etc.) in the expression of quantity and measurement. The contributions presented here advance the analytical depth and cross-linguistic breadth of the state of the art in semantics and its interface with syntax in human language.

About the Author

Peter Hallman, Ph.D. (2000), University of California, Los Angeles, is a researcher in syntax and semantics at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna.