Handbook of quantifiers in natural language
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Handbook of quantifiers in natural language
（Studies in linguistics and philosophy, v. 90,
Springer, c2012-
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Available at 40 libraries
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"Denis Paperno, Edward L. Keenan, editors"--T.p. of v. 2
Vol. 2 has publication place: Cham, Switzerland
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 2 ISBN 9783319443287
Description
This work presents the structure, distribution and semantic interpretation of quantificational expressions in languages from diverse language families and typological profiles. The current volume pays special attention to underrepresented languages of different status and endangerment level. Languages covered include American and Russian Sign Languages, and sixteen spoken languages from Africa, Australia, Papua, the Americas, and different parts of Asia. The articles respond to a questionnaire the editors constructed to enable detailed crosslinguistic comparison of numerous features. They offer comparable information on semantic classes of quantifiers (generalized existential, generalized universal, proportional, partitive), syntactically complex quantifiers (intensive modification, Boolean compounds, exception phrases, etc.), and several more specific issues such as quantifier scope ambiguities, floating quantifiers, and binary (type 2) quantifiers. The book is intended for semanticists, logicians interested in quantification in natural language, and general linguists as articles are meant to be descriptive and theory independent. The book continues and expands the coverage of the Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language (2012) by the same editors, and extends the earlier work in Matthewson (2008), Gil et al. (2013) and Bach et al (1995).
Table of Contents
Introduction by Edward L. Keenan, D. Paperno.- The Quantifier Questionnaire by Edward L. Keenan.- Quantification in American Sign Language by Natasha Abner, Ronnie Wilbur.- Quantification in Cantonese by Peppina Lee.- Chicasaw Quantifiers by Pamela Munro.- Quantifiers in Dan-Gweetaa (South Mande) by Valentin Vydrine.- Quantification in Gitksan by Katie Bicevskis, Henry Davis, Lisa Matthewson.- Quantification in Hindi by Anoop Mahajan.- Quantification in Kusunda by Mark Donohue, Bhoj Raj Gautam.- Quantification in Malayalam by Pilar Chamorro Fernandez and Lindsey Antonini.- Quantification in Naxi by Paul Law and Qingliang Zhao.- Quantification in Nen by Nick Evans.- Quantification in Nungon by Hannah Sarvasy.- Quantification in Persian by Maziar Toosarvandani and Hayedeh Nasser.- Quantification in Q'anjob'al by Kathleen Chase O'Flynn.- Quantification in Imbabura Quichua by Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein, Cansada Martin, Pamela Munro, and Jos Tellings.- Quantifiers in Russian Sign Language by Vadim Kimmelman.- Quantifiers in Turkish by Deniz Ozyildiz.- Quantification in Kenyah Uma Baha by Deborah J.M. Wong and Iara Mantenuto.- Quantification in Warlpiri by Margit Bowler.- Overview by Edward L. Keenan, D. Paperno
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[v. 1] ISBN 9789400726802
Description
Covering a strikingly diverse range of languages from 12 linguistic families, this handbook is based on responses to a questionnaire constructed by the editors. Focusing on the formation, distribution and semantic interpretation of quantificational expressions, the book explores 17 languages including German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Malagasy, Hebrew, Pima, Basque, and more. The language data sets enable detailed crosslinguistic comparison of numerous features. These include semantic classes of quantifiers (generalized existential, generalized universal, proportional, partitive), syntactically complex quantifiers (intensive modification, Boolean compounding, exception phrases) and several others such as quantifier scope ambiguities, quantifier float, and binary quantifiers. Its theory-independent content extends earlier work by Matthewson (2008) and Bach et al. (1995), making this handbook suitable for linguists, semanticians, philosophers of language and logicians alike.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Edward Keenan and Denis Paperno .- Chapter 1 The Quantifier Questionnaire by Edward Keenan .- Chapter 2 Quantifiers in Adyghe by Liudmila Nikolaeva .- Chapter 3 Quantification in Basque by Urtxi Etxeberria .- Chapter 4 Garifuna Quantification by Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein .- Chapter 5 Quantification in German by Gregory Kobele and Malte Zimmermann .- Chapter 6 The landscape of Quantificational expressions in Greek by Anastasiya Giannakidou .- Chapter 7 Quantifiers in Modern Hebrew by Itamar Francez and Katja Goldring .- Chapter 8 Quantification in Hungarian by Aniko Csirmaz and Anna Szabolcsi .- Chapter 9 Quantifiers in Italian by Paola Crisma .- Chapter 10 Quantity expressions in Japanese by J.-R. Hayashishita and Ayumi Ueyama .- Chapter 11 Malagasy Quantifiers by Rita Hanitramalala and Ileana Paul .- Chapter 12 Taiwan Mandarin Quantifiers by Grace C.-H. Kuo and Kristine M. Yu .- Chapter 13 Pima Quantifiers by Marcus Smith .- Chapter 14 Quantification in Standard Russian by Denis Paperno .- Chapter 15 Quantification in Telugu by Ravi Ponamgi .- Chapter 16 Quantification in Western Armenian by Hrayr Khanjian .- Chapter 17 Wolof Quantifiers by Khady Tamba, Harold Torrence and Malte Zimmermann .- Chapter 18 Overview by Edward Keenan and Denis Paperno .- Subject Index
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