02785nam 2200637 a 450 991082378220332120200520144314.01-280-87019-20-19-151623-61-4294-6984-6(CKB)1000000000407491(EBL)430615(OCoLC)609830337(SSID)ssj0000231148(PQKBManifestationID)11190447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231148(PQKBWorkID)10198659(PQKB)10492743(Au-PeEL)EBL430615(CaPaEBR)ebr10271521(CaONFJC)MIL87019(Au-PeEL)EBL7033969(MiAaPQ)EBC430615(EXLCZ)99100000000040749120061027d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuantifiers in language and logic /Stanley Peters, Dag Westerstahl1st ed.Oxford 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 logicSemanticsGrammar, Comparative and generalQuantifiers.Language and logic.Semantics.121.68415Peters Stanley1941-49794Westerstahl Dag1946-350993MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823782203321Quantifiers in language and logic3929681UNINA