Previous Analyses on Quantification and Cantonese Verbal Suffixes

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Abstract

Concerning the semantics of quantification, there are two significant issues. First, it is the proposal of generalized quantifiers (cf. Montague 1970, 1974; Barwise and Cooper 1981), with the semantics of universal and existential noun phrases defined in terms of set theory. Second, it is Partee’s twofold classification of D- and A-quantifications, with A-quantifiers further divided into true A-quantifiers along the line of Lewis and Heim and lexical quantifiers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStudies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages9-57
Number of pages49
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameStudies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Volume87
ISSN (Print)0924-4670
ISSN (Electronic)2215-0358

Keywords

  • Bare Noun
  • Noun Phrase
  • Nuclear Scope
  • Tripartite Structure
  • Verbal Argument

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