Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Keenan, Edward L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Paperno, Denis (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Σειρά: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 90
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Quantifier Questionnaire
• Chapter 2 Quantifiers in Adyghe  
• Chapter 3 Quantification in Basque
• Chapter 4 Garifuna Quantification
• Chapter 5 Quantification in German  
• Chapter 6 The landscape of Quantificational expressions in Greek  
• Chapter 7 Quantifiers in Modern Hebrew
• Chapter 8 Quantification in Hungarian
• Chapter 9 Quantifiers in Italian
• Chapter 10 Quantity expressions in Japanese
• Chapter 11 Malagasy Quantifiers
• Chapter 12 Taiwan Mandarin Quantifiers  
• Chapter 13 Pima Quantifiers  
• Chapter 14 Quantification in Standard Russian
• Chapter 15 Quantification in Telugu
• Chapter 16 Quantification in Western Armenian
• Chapter 17 Wolof Quantifiers
• Chapter 18 Overview
• Subject Index.