02825nam 2200637 a 450 991045083460332120211005081013.01-280-87019-20-19-151623-61-4294-6984-6(CKB)1000000000407491(EBL)430615(OCoLC)609830337(SSID)ssj0000231148(PQKBManifestationID)11190447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231148(PQKBWorkID)10198659(PQKB)10492743(MiAaPQ)EBC430615(Au-PeEL)EBL430615(CaPaEBR)ebr10271521(CaONFJC)MIL87019(MiAaPQ)EBC4190941(EXLCZ)99100000000040749120061027d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuantifiers in language and logic[electronic resource] /Stanley Peters, Dag WesterståhlOxford Clarendon Press ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (549 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-929125-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-520) and index.Contents; 0. Quantification; I: THE LOGICAL CONCEPTION OF QUANTIFIERS AND QUANTIFICATION; II: QUANTIFIERS OF NATURAL LANGUAGE; III: BEGINNINGS OF A THEORY OF EXPRESSIVENESS, TRANSLATION, AND FORMALIZATION; IV: LOGICAL RESULTS ON EXPRESSIBILITY WITH LINGUISTIC APPLICATIONS; References; Index; Index of SymbolsQuantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philosophy. Quantifiers are the essential tools with which, in language or logic, we refer to quantity of things or amount of stuff. In English they include such expressions as no, some, all, both, many. Peters and Westerstahl present the definitive interdisciplinary exploration of how they work - their syntax, semantics, and inferential role. - ;Quantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philosophy. Quantifiers are the essential tools with which, in language or logic, we refer to quantity of tGrammar, Comparative and generalQuantifiersLanguage and logicSemanticsElectronic books.Grammar, Comparative and generalQuantifiers.Language and logic.Semantics.121.68415Peters Stanley1941-49794Westerståhl Dag1946-350993MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450834603321Quantifiers in language and logic2153903UNINA