Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Keenan, Edward L. (Editor), Paperno, Denis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 90
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Language and languages > Philosophy.; Semantics.; Syntax.; Philosophy of Language.

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 includi...