Scope and specificity
Fengh-Hsi Liu.
Bok Engelsk 1997 Feng-Hsi. Liu,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : : John Benjamins Pub. Co., , c1997.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (195 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Based on the author's dissertation (Ph. D.), UCLA, 1990.. - 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. - 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
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| ISBN | 1556199007. - 9027227373
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