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Scope and specificity / / Fengh-Hsi Liu



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Autore: Liu Feng-Hsi Visualizza persona
Titolo: Scope and specificity / / Fengh-Hsi Liu Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1997
Edizione: 1st ed.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786613234230
1-283-23423-8
90-272-8235-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
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Serie: Linguistik aktuell ; ; Bd. 16.