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Quantification in Natural Languages
. Ed(S): Bach, Elke; Jelinek, Eloise (Department Of Linguistics, University Of Arizona, Tucson, Usa); Kratzer, Angelika; Partee, Barbara B. H.
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Description for Quantification in Natural Languages
Hardback. A collection of papers putting ideas on quantification to work on a variety of languages. With an introduction presenting a sketch of the background of the research, this book consists of research papers aimed at linguists, philosophers, and psychologists interested in semantics and linguistic form. Editor(s): Bach, Elke; Jelinek, Eloise (Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA); Kratzer, Angelika; Partee, Barbara B. H. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 769 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMR; UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1260.
This volume of papers grew outof a research project on "Cross-Linguistic Quantification" originated by Emmon Bach, Angelika Kratzer and Barbara Partee in 1987 at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and supported by National Science Foundation Grant BNS 871999. The publication also reflects directly or indirectly several other related activ ities. Bach, Kratzer, and Partee organized a two-evening symposium on cross-linguistic quantification at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in New Orleans (held without financial support) in order to bring the project to the attention of the linguistic community and solicit ideas and feedback from colleagues ... Read more
This volume of papers grew outof a research project on "Cross-Linguistic Quantification" originated by Emmon Bach, Angelika Kratzer and Barbara Partee in 1987 at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and supported by National Science Foundation Grant BNS 871999. The publication also reflects directly or indirectly several other related activ ities. Bach, Kratzer, and Partee organized a two-evening symposium on cross-linguistic quantification at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in New Orleans (held without financial support) in order to bring the project to the attention of the linguistic community and solicit ideas and feedback from colleagues ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
769
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Number of Pages
760
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792333524
SKU
V9780792333524
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99-15
Reviews for Quantification in Natural Languages
`We recommend unreservedly its careful and patient study to anyone with the slightest interest in the empirical facts and/or (their implications for) the formal properties of quantification.' Linguistics, 34 (1996)