Scope and specificity [[electronic resource] /] / Fengh-Hsi Liu

• Autore: Liu Feng-Hsi
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Quantifiers; English language - Grammar, Comparative - Chinese; Chinese language - Grammar, Comparative - English; Semantics; Generative grammar
• Note generali: Based on the author's dissertation (Ph. D.), UCLA, 1990.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-184) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Scope Dependency; Chapter 3: Generalized-specificity; Chapter 4: Branching Quantifiers; Chapter 5: G-specificity in Chinese; Chapter 6: Wh/quantifier Interaction; Chapter 7: Recent Development; Chapter 8: Concluding Remarks; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Scope and Specificity is an investigation of quantifier scope interaction in natural language, with special reference to English and Chinese. In particular, it is concerned with semantic properties of NPs. Quantifier scope plays an important role in current theories of syntax and semantics. However, most studies of quantifier scope are only concerned with the behavior of a small number of quantifiers, e.g. 'every', 'some', 'all'. As a result, the generalizations made on the basis of these quantifiers often do not hold when a wider range of quantifiers is considered. In this study a wide
• Titolo autorizzato: Scope and specificity
• ISBN: 9786613234230; 1-283-23423-8; 90-272-8235-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781795103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Linguistik aktuell ; ; Bd. 16.