Scope and specificity / Fengh-Hsi Liu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Feng-Hsi.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 16.

Linguistik aktuell, 1066-0829 ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Quantifiers.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

English language--Grammar, Comparative--Chinese.

English language.

Chinese language--Grammar, Comparative--English.

Chinese language.

Semantics.

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation (Ph. D.), UCLA, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-184) and index.

ISBN:

9786613234230

1-283-23423-8

90-272-8235-8

OCLC:

745866930