Majority quantification and quantity superlatives : a crosslinguistic analysis of most /

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This text investigates the syntax and semantics of proportional most and other majority quantifiers across languages. Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin and Ion Giurgea draw on data from around 40 languages to demonstrate the existence of two distinct semantic types of most: a distributive type, which compares c...

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Dobrovie-Sorin, Carmen, Giurgea, Ion
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This text investigates the syntax and semantics of proportional most and other majority quantifiers across languages. Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin and Ion Giurgea draw on data from around 40 languages to demonstrate the existence of two distinct semantic types of most: a distributive type, which compares cardinalities of sets of atoms, and a cumulative type, which involves measuring plural and mass entities with respect to a whole.
Umfang:
1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-183369-X
0-19-250876-8
Schlagworte:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Quantifiers.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
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